रुध्

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Etymology 1[edit]

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *lewdʰ- (to obstruct); compare Welsh arlludd (obstacle).

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रुध् (rudh)

  1. to obstruct, stop, arrest, check, oppose, hinder; impede, prevent
  2. to hold up, preserve, sustain (from falling)
  3. to shut up, lock or block up, close up, shut or close
  4. to surround, fence or hem in
  5. to bind, confine
  6. to besiege, invest, blockade
  7. to hide, cover, obscure, conceal
  8. to oppress, torment, afflict excessively
  9. (causative) to cause to stop, detain, impede, obstruct
  10. to fetter, confine, chain
  11. to oppress, torment, harass
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (to grow). Cognate with Old English lēodan.

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रुध् (rudh)

  1. to sprout, shoot, grow
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References[edit]

  • Monier Williams (1899) “रुध्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 884/1-2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 142-143
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 453; 467-9