काङ्क्षति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kank-, *kenk- (“to burn, pain, desire, hunger”), related to Proto-Germanic *hungruz (“hunger”).[1]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɑːŋk.ʂɐ.ti/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːŋk.ʂɐ.t̪i/

Verb

काङ्क्षति • (kāṅkṣati) (root काङ्क्ष्, class 1, type P)

to desire
to strive

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959), “565”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 565

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