कृ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

কৃ (Assamese script)
ᬓᬺ (Balinese script)
কৃ (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑀾 (Brahmi script)
ကၖ (Burmese script)
કૃ (Gujarati script)
ਕ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑍃 (Grantha script)
ꦏꦽ (Javanese script)
𑂍𑃂 (Kaithi script)
ಕೃ (Kannada script)
ក្ឫ (Khmer script)
ກ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
കൃ (Malayalam script)
ᡬᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘵 (Modi script)
ᢉᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑐺 (Newa script)
କୃ (Odia script)
ꢒꢺ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑆸 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖴 (Siddham script)
කෘ (Sinhalese script)
𑩜𑩙 (Soyombo script)
𑚊 (Takri script)
க்ரி (Tamil script)
కృ (Telugu script)
กฺฤ (Thai script)
ཀྲྀ (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kr̩/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kr̩/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kar-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kar-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-.

Alternative forms

स्कृ (skṛ) — especially after सम्- (sam-) and परि- (pari-)
ईकृ (īkṛ) — especially after adjectives in the sense -ize

Root

कृ • (√kṛ)

to do, make

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root कृ‎ (0 c, 48 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

करोति (karóti, Present)
कृणोति (kṛṇóti, Present)
करोति (karóti, Present)
करति (kárati, Present)
कर्ति (kárti, Present)
करिष्यति (kariṣyáti, Future)
कर्ता (kartā́, Periphrastic Future)
अकार्षीत् (ákārṣīt, Aorist)
अकर् (ákar, Aorist)
अकरत् (ákarat, Aorist)
क्रियात् (kriyā́t, Benedictive)
कृषीष्ट (kṛṣīṣṭá, Benedictive)
चकार (cakā́ra, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

क्रियते (kriyáte, Passive)
अकारि (ákāri, Passive Aorist)
कारयति (kāráyati, Causative)
अचीकरत् (acīkarat, Causative Aorist)
चिकीर्षति (cíkīrṣati, Desiderative)
करिक्रति (karikrati, Intensive)
चर्करीति (carkarīti, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

कृत (kṛtá, Past Participle)
कर्तुम् (kártum, Infinitive)
कर्तोस् (kártos, Infinitive)
कर्तवे (kártave, Infinitive)
कर्तवै (kártavaí, Infinitive)
कृत्वा (kṛtvā́, Gerund)
कृत्वी (kṛtvī́, Gerund)
कृत्वाय (kṛtvā́ya, Gerund)
कृत्य (kṛ́tya, Gerund)
कारम् (kā́ram, Gerund)
कार्य (kārya, Gerundive)
कर्तव्य (kartavya, Gerundive)
करणीय (karaṇīya, Gerundive)
कृत्य (kṛ́tya, Gerundive)
कर्त्व (kártva, Gerundive)
कारयितव्य (kārayitavya, Causative Gerundive)
चिकीर्षु (cikīrṣu, Desiderative Participle)
चिकारयिषु (cikārayiṣu, Desiderative Participle of Causative)

Derived Nominal Forms

अकरणि (akaraṇi, “non-accomplishment, failure”)
कर (kará, “doer, maker; hand”)
करण (karaṇa, “doing, making”)
करस् (káras, “a deed, action”)
करिष्ठ (káriṣṭha, “doing very much”)
करिष्णु (kariṣṇu, “doing, accomplishing”)
करुण (karúṇa, “action, holy work”)
करोति (karóti, “he makes, does”)
कर्तृ (kartṛ, “doer, maker”)
कर्त्र (kártra, “spell, charm”)
कर्त्व (kártva, “obligation, duty”)
कर्तव्य (kártavya, “obligation, duty”)
कर्मकृत् (karmakṛt, “performing any work, skillful in work”)
कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action”)
कर्वर (kárvara, “deed, action”)
कार (kāra, “act, action”)
कारक (kāraka, “making, doing, acting”)
कारण (kāraṇa, “cause, reason”)
कारिन् (kārin, “doing, making, effecting”)
कारु (kāru, “artisan, mechanic”)
कारुक (kāruka, “artisan, artificer”)
कार्य (kārya, “work or business to be done, duty”)
कृति (kṛ́ti, “act of doing”)
कृत्या (kṛtyā́, “action, act, deed”)
तुविकूर्मि (tuvikūrmi, “powerful in working”)
तुविकूर्मिन् (tuvikūrmin, “powerful in working”)
दशकृत्वस् (daśakṛtvas, “ten times”)
बहुकृत्वस् (bahukṛtvas, “many times”)
पञ्चकृत्वस् (pañcakṛtvas, “fivefold”)
पापकर्मिन् (pāpakarmin, “wrong-doing, wicked”)
पापकृत् (pāpakṛt, “wrong-doing, wicked”)
सुकृत् (sukṛt, “doing good, benevolent”)
कृत्नु (kṛtnú, “working well, able to work, skilful”)
कृत्रिम (kṛtríma, “made artificially, factitious, artificial”)
कृत्वन् (kṛ́tvan, “causing, effecting”)
कृत्वरी (kṛ́tvarī, “the magic powers”)
तनूकृथ (tanūkṛtha, “preservation of the person”)
पुत्रकृथ (putrakṛtha, “bringing forth or procreation of children”)
क्रतु (krátu, “plan, design, intention”)
क्रिया (kriyā, “doing, performing, performance”)
चक्रि (cákri, “doing, effecting”)
चिकीर्षा (cikīrṣā, “intention or desire to make or do or perform”)
कारयितृ (kārayitṛ, “performer of a religious ceremony”)
उपस्कृत (upaskṛta, “furnished”)
परिष्कृत (pariṣkṛta, “prepared, adorned, embellished”)
परिष्क्रिया (pariṣkriyā, “adorning, decorating”)
परिष्कार (pariṣkāra, “ornament, decoration”)
उपस्कार (upaskāra, “anything additional, a supplement”)
अपस्कर (apaskara, “any part of a carriage, a wheel”)
उपस्कर (upaskara, “utensil, implement, instrument”)
परिष्कर (pariṣkara, “ornament, decoration”)
आस्क्र (āskra, “attacking, assaulting”)

Prefixed Root Forms

उपकृ (upakṛ)
परिस्कृ (pariskṛ)
संस्कृ (saṃskṛ)

Etymology 2

Likely from Proto-Indo-European *kreH- (“to shout”); cognate with Proto-Germanic *hrōmiz (“fame”), whence German Ruhm (“fame, glory”).

Root

कृ • (kṛ)

to commemorate, honor, treat with respect, make mention of, praise, speak highly of

Derived terms

References

Monier Williams (1899) “कृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 300-304.
William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 21-22
Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “कृ”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 307-309; 310-311; 388