ह्रस्व

Sanskrit

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Definitions
  • short, small, dwarfish, little
  • low (of an entrance)
  • weak (as a voice)
  • unimportant, insignificant
  • (phonetics) prosodically or metrically short

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰraswás inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (yearn, enclose, bowels, yearn for, scratch, short, bristle, bowel, catch, wish, shine, guts, scrape, feel inclination, glow, intestine, string).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵʰer-

Gloss

yearn, enclose, bowels, yearn for, scratch, short, bristle, bowel, catch, wish, shine, guts, scrape, feel inclination, glow, intestine, string

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

短

Emoji

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