# शकृत्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* শকৃত্ (Assamese script)
* ᬰᬓᬺᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
* শকৃত্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰫𑰎𑰴𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀰𑀓𑀾𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ၐကၖတ် (Burmese script)
* શકૃત્ (Gujarati script)
* ਸ਼ਕ੍ਰਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌶𑌕𑍃𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦯꦏꦽꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂬𑂍𑃂𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಶಕೃತ್ (Kannada script)
* ឝក្ឫត៑ (Khmer script)
* ຨກ຺ຣິຕ຺ (Lao script)
* ശകൃത് (Malayalam script)
* ᡧᠠᡬᡵᡳᢠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘫𑘎𑘵𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠱᠠᢉᠷᠢᢐ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧋𑦮𑧖𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐱𑐎𑐺𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଶକୃତ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢯꢒꢺꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆯𑆑𑆸𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖫𑖎𑖴𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
* ශකෘත් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩿𑩜𑩙𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚧𑚊𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
* ஶக்ரித் (Tamil script)
* శకృత్ (Telugu script)
* ศกฺฤตฺ (Thai script)
* ཤ་ཀྲྀ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒬𑒏𑒵𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨮𑨋𑨼𑨉𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćák-r̥ ~ *ćak-ná-s (“dung, excrement”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱókʷ-r̥ ~ *ḱekʷ-én-s (“dung, excrement”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κόπρος (kópros, “excrement”), Baluchi سغن (saġan, “dung”). Also compare English copro-, a borrowing from Ancient Greek. There was a wide variety of alternative forms of the term in Old and Middle Indo-Aryan (see below), possibly due to taboo distortion.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɕɐ́.kr̩t/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɕɐ.kr̩t̪/

### Noun

शकृत् • (śákṛt) stem, n
* dung, excrement, faeces, manure, (especially) cowdung
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.161.10:श्रोणामेक उदकं गामवाजति मांसमेकः पिंशति सूनयाभृतम् । आ निम्रुचः शकृद्एको अपाभरत्...śroṇāmeka udakaṃ gāmavājati māṃsamekaḥ piṃśati sūnayābhṛtam. ā nimrucaḥ śakṛdeko apābharat...One of them leads the crippled cow to the water, another trims the flesh brought on the carving-board Another one carried off the dung till evening...
** c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasenayi Saṃhitā) 37.9:अश्वस्य त्वा वृष्णः शक्ना धूपयामि देवयजने पृथिव्याः ।aśvasya tvā vṛṣṇaḥ śaknā dhūpayāmi devayajane pṛthivyāḥ.I fumigate thee with stallion's dung on the place of worship.

#### Derived terms

* शक (śáka) ~ *छक (chaka)
** Prakrit: 𑀙𑀕 (chaga)
* *शकन ~ *छकन (śakana ~ chakana)
** Pali: chakana, chakaṇa
** Prakrit: 𑀙𑀓𑀡 (chakaṇa), 𑀙𑀕𑀡 (chagaṇa), 𑀙𑀸𑀡 (chāṇa), 𑀙𑀸𑀡𑀻 (chāṇī)
*** Northwestern:
**** Sindhi: cheṇu, cheṇo
    Arabic script: ڇيڻُ, ڇيڻو
    Devanagari script: छेणु, छेणो
    Khudawadi script: 𑋁𑋥𑋌𑋣, 𑋁𑋥𑋌𑋧
*** Southern:
**** Konkani: śeṇ
    Devanagari script: शेण
    Kannada script: ಶೇಣ್
    Latin script: xenn
**** Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: शेणी (śeṇī), सेण (seṇa), सेणि (seṇi), सेणी (seṇī), सेन (sena), सेनी (senī)
    Modi script: 𑘫𑘹𑘜𑘲 (śeṇī), 𑘭𑘹𑘜 (seṇa), 𑘭𑘹𑘜𑘲 (seṇī), 𑘭𑘹𑘡 (sena), 𑘭𑘹𑘡𑘲 (senī)
***** Marathi: śeṇ
    Devanagari script: शेण
    Modi script: 𑘫𑘹𑘜
***** Varhadi: śen
    Devanagari script: शेन
    Modi script: 𑘫𑘹𑘡
*** Western:
**** Ahirani: शेन (śen)
**** Middle Gujarati: छाण(-आवलि) (< 𑀙𑀸𑀡 (chāṇa), 𑀙𑀸𑀡𑀻 (chāṇī))
***** Gujarati: છાણ (chāṇ)
**** Marwari:
    Devanagari script: छगण (chagaṇ)
    Mahajani script: 𑅚𑅗𑅢 (chgṇ)
* *शकर ~ *छकर (śakara ~ chakara)
** Gujarati: છેર (cher, “diarrhoea”)
** Kumaoni: छेरो (chero, “watery stool”)
** Marathi: शेर (śer, “bird dung”)
** Nepali: छेर (chera, “diarrhoea”)
** Odia: ଛେରା (cherā, “watery stools”)
** Punjabi: ਸਾਰ (sār, “manure”)
** ⇒ Gujarati: છેરવું (chervũ, “to have diarrhoea”)
** ⇒ Hindi: छेरना (chernā, “to have bad digestion”)
** Lahnda: سروڑ (sarūṛ, “stack of dried cowdung”) (< *śakara-kūṭa)
** ⇒ Nepali: छेर्नु (chernu, “to have diarrhoea”)