हृदय

Sanskrit

noun
Definitions
  • the heart
  • soul, mind, spirit (as the seat of mental operations)
  • the heart or interior of the body
  • the heart or centre or core or essence or best or dearest or most secret part of anything
  • true or divine knowledge
  • the Veda
  • science

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰŕ̥dayam inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰŕ̥dayam derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥d- (heart).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱr̥d-

Gloss

heart

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji
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