कर्कट

Sanskrit

noun
Definitions
  • crab
  • (astrology) the sign Cancer
  • a particular bird
  • (plant) name of several plants
  • the fibrous root of a plant
  • the curved end of the beam of a balance (to which the strings supporting the scale are attached)
  • a pair of compasses in a particular position
  • a particular position of the hands
  • a kind of fever
  • a kind of coitus

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *karkartas derived from Proto-Indo-European *kar- (hard).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kar-

Gloss

hard

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Property

Kanji

Emoji

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