किरति

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, separate”). Cognate with Ancient Greek σκάλλω (skállō, “to stir up; to search”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ki.ɾɐ.ti/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈki.ɾɐ.t̪i/

किरति • (kirati) (root कॄ, type P)

1. to strew, pour out; heap up

• Prakrit: 𑀓𑀺𑀭𑀇 (kiraï)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Hindustani: kirānā, kilānā
        • Hindi: किराना, किलाना
        • Urdu: کِرَانَا‎ (kirānā), کِلَانَا‎ (kilānā)
  • Northwestern:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Lahnda: کرݨ‎ (kiraṇ), کرانا‎ (karānā)
        • Punjabi: kirnā, kirāuṇā

          Gurmukhi script: ਕਿਰਨਾ, ਕਿਰਾਉਣਾ

          Shahmukhi script: کِرنَا‎, کِرَاوݨَا‎

      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi: kiraṇu

          Arabic script: ڪِرَڻُ‎

          Devanagari script: किरणु

          • Kachchi: કિરણૂ (kirṇū)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ކިރަނީ‎ (kiranī)
      • Sinhalese: කිරනවා (kiranawā)

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kirati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 162
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “KAR¹²”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 311