शूल

Sanskrit

noun
Definitions
  • any sharp instrument or pointed dart, lance, pike, spear (esp. the trident of Shiva)
  • a stake for impaling criminals
  • any sharp or acute pain (esp. that of colic or gout)
  • pain, grief, sorrow

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śúHlas inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćúHlas inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱúh₃-los, *ḱeh₃- (sharpen).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱeh₃-

Gloss

sharpen

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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