# क्रीत
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /kɾiːt̪/

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit क्रीत (krītá).

#### Adjective

क्रीत • (krīt) (indeclinable)
* (formal) bought, purchased

#### Noun

क्रीत • (krīt) m
* a son purchased from his biological parents (one of the twelve kinds of sons recognised in the ancient Hindu Law)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit कीर्ति f (kīrtí). Doublet of कीर्ति (kīrti).

#### Noun

क्रीत • (krīt) f
* (obsolete) fame, renown, glory

##### Declension
### Further reading

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “क्रीत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “क्रीत”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ক্ৰীত (Assamese script)
* ᬓ᭄ᬭᬷᬢ (Balinese script)
* ক্রীত (Bengali script)
* 𑰎𑰿𑰨𑰱𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀓𑁆𑀭𑀻𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* ကြီတ (Burmese script)
* ક્રીત (Gujarati script)
* ਕ੍ਰੀਤ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌕𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌤 (Grantha script)
* ꦏꦿꦷꦠ (Javanese script)
* 𑂍𑂹𑂩𑂲𑂞 (Kaithi script)
* ಕ್ರೀತ (Kannada script)
* ក្រីត (Khmer script)
* ກ຺ຣີຕ (Lao script)
* ക്രീത (Malayalam script)
* ᡬᡵᡳᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘎𑘿𑘨𑘲𑘝 (Modi script)
* ᢉᠷᠢᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦮𑧠𑧈𑧓𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐎𑑂𑐬𑐷𑐟 (Newa script)
* କ୍ରୀତ (Odia script)
* ꢒ꣄ꢬꢷꢡ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆑𑇀𑆫𑆵𑆠 (Sharada script)
* 𑖎𑖿𑖨𑖱𑖝 (Siddham script)
* ක්‍රීත (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩜 𑪙𑩼𑩑𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚊𑚶𑚤𑚯𑚙 (Takri script)
* க்ரீத (Tamil script)
* క్రీత (Telugu script)
* กฺรีต (Thai script)
* ཀྲཱི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒏𑓂𑒩𑒲𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨋𑩇𑨫𑨁𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷrih₂-tó-s, from *kʷreyh₂- (“to buy”). Equivalent to क्री (krī, “to buy”, root) +‎ -त (-ta).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kɾiː.tɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈkɾiː.t̪ɐ/

### Adjective

क्रीत • (krītá) stem
* bought, purchased
** c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 3.3.3.3:शफेन ते क्रीणानीति । भूयो वा अतः सोमो राजार्हतीत्याह सोमविक्रयी भूय एवातः सोमो राजार्हति महांस्त्वेव गोर्महिमेत्यध्वर्युरेतान्येव दशवीर्याण्युदाख्यायाह पदा तेऽर्धेन ते गवा ते क्रीणामीति क्रीतः सोमो राजेत्याह सोमविक्रयीśaphena te krīṇānīti. bhūyo vā ataḥ somo rājārhatītyāha somavikrayī bhūya evātaḥ somo rājārhati mahāṃstveva gormahimetyadhvaryuretānyeva daśavīryāṇyudākhyāyāha padā teʼrdhena te gavā te krīṇāmīti krītaḥ somo rājetyāha somavikrayī"I will buy [Soma] of thee for one hoof!", [says the buyer]. "King Soma, surely, is worth more than that!" says the Soma-seller. "Yea, King Soma is worth more than that, but great, surely, is the greatness of the cow," replies the buyer; and, having enumerated the ten virtues [of the cow], he says, "I will buy Soma of thee for one foot", [he then says:] "for half (the cow)", [he then says:] "for the [whole] cow!". "Soma has been bought [by thee]!" says the Soma-seller
** c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti

#### Descendants

* Pali: kīta
* Prakrit: 𑀓𑀺𑀭𑀻𑀢 (kirīta), 𑀓𑀻𑀬 (kīya), 𑀓𑀺𑀡𑀺𑀬 (kiṇiya)
* → Hindi: क्रीत (krīt) (learned)

### Noun

क्रीत • (krītá) stem, n
* a bargain

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “क्रीत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 321.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “क्रीत”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan