# नृत्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* नर्त् (nart)

### Alternative scripts

* নৃত্ (Assamese script)
* ᬦᬺᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
* নৃত্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰡𑰴𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀦𑀾𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* နၖတ် (Burmese script)
* નૃત્ (Gujarati script)
* ਨ੍ਰਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌨𑍃𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦤꦽꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂢𑃂𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ನೃತ್ (Kannada script)
* ន្ឫត៑ (Khmer script)
* ນ຺ຣິຕ຺ (Lao script)
* നൃത് (Malayalam script)
* ᠨᡵᡳᢠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘡𑘵𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠨᠷᠢᢐ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧁𑧖𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐣𑐺𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
* ନୃତ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢥꢺꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆤𑆸𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖡𑖴𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
* නෘත් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩯𑩙𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚝𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
* ந்ரித் (Tamil script)
* నృత్ (Telugu script)
* นฺฤตฺ (Thai script)
* ནྲྀ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒢𑒵𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨝𑨼𑨉𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Of uncertain origin. According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ner- (“to twist, turn”), and cognate with English narrow. However, Mayrhofer does not mention this derivation at all, and prefers to derive the root from a t-extension of Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr (“power, vital energy; man”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /nr̩t/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /n̪r̩t̪/

### Root

नृत् • (nṛt)
* to dance (about)
* to act on stage, represent

#### Derived terms
##### Primary Verbal Forms

* नृत्यति (nṛ́tyati, Present)
* नर्तिष्यति (nartiṣyáti, Future)
* नर्त्स्यति (nartsyáti, Future)
* नर्तिता (nartitā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अनर्तीत् (ánartīt, Aorist)
* ननर्त (nanárta, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* नृत्यते (nṛtyáte, Passive)
* अनर्ति (ánarti, Passive Aorist)
* नर्तयति (nartáyati, Causative)
* अननर्तत् (ánanartat, Causative Aorist)
* अनीनृतत् (ánīnṛtat, Causative Aorist)
* निनृत्सति (ninṛtsati, Desiderative)
* निनर्तिषति (ninartiṣati, Desiderative)
* नरिनर्त्ति (narinartti, Intensive)
* नरीनर्त्ति (narīnartti, Intensive)
* नरीनृत्यते (narīnṛtyate, Intensive)
* नर्नर्त्ति (narnartti, Intensive)
* नर्नृतीति (narnṛtīti, Intensive)
* नरिनृतीति (narinṛtīti, Intensive)
* नरीनृतीति (narīnṛtīti, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* नृत्त (nṛttá, Past Participle)
* नर्तितुम् (nartitum, Infinitive)
* नर्त्तुम् (narttum, Infinitive)
* नर्तित्वा (nartitvā́, Gerund)
* नर्तम् (nartam, Gerund)
* नर्तितव्य (nartitavya, Gerundive)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* नृत् (nṛt)
* नृत्य (nṛtya)
* नर्त (narta)
* नर्तक (nartaka)
* नर्तिन् (nartin)
* नर्तन (nartana)
* नृति (nṛti)
* नृतु (nṛtu)
* नृतू (nṛtū)
* नृत्ति (nṛtti)
* नर्तयितृ (nartayitṛ)
* निनर्तिषा (ninartiṣā)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “नृत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 568, column 2.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “नृत्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 92
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “नृत्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “NART”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 21-22
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 177-8
* Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 231
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “975”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 975