# कृ
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* কৃ (Assamese script)
* ᬓᬺ (Balinese script)
* কৃ (Bengali script)
* 𑰎𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀓𑀾 (Brahmi script)
* ကၖ (Burmese script)
* કૃ (Gujarati script)
* ਕ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌕𑍃 (Grantha script)
* ꦏꦽ (Javanese script)
* 𑂍𑃂 (Kaithi script)
* ಕೃ (Kannada script)
* ក្ឫ (Khmer script)
* ກ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
* കൃ (Malayalam script)
* ᡬᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘎𑘵 (Modi script)
* ᢉᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦮𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐎𑐺 (Newa script)
* କୃ (Odia script)
* ꢒꢺ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆑𑆸 (Sharada script)
* 𑖎𑖴 (Siddham script)
* කෘ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩜𑩙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚊 (Takri script)
* க்ரி (Tamil script)
* కృ (Telugu script)
* กฺฤ (Thai script)
* ཀྲྀ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒏𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨋𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kr̩/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /kr̩/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kar-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kar-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-.

#### Alternative forms

* स्कृ (skṛ) — especially after सम्- (sam-) and परि- (pari-)
* ईकृ (īkṛ) — especially after adjectives in the sense -ize

#### Root

कृ • (√kṛ)
* to do, make

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

* करोति (karóti, Present)
* कृणोति (kṛṇóti, Present)
* कर्ति (kárti, Present)
* करिष्यति (kariṣyáti, Future)
* कर्ता (kartā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अकार्षीत् (ákārṣīt, Aorist)
* अकर् (ákar, Aorist)
* अकरत् (ákarat, Aorist)
* क्रियात् (kriyā́t, Benedictive)
* कृषीष्ट (kṛṣīṣṭá, Benedictive)
* चकार (cakā́ra, Perfect)

###### Secondary Forms

* क्रियते (kriyáte, Passive)
* अकारि (ákāri, Passive Aorist)
* कारयति (kāráyati, Causative)
* अचीकरत् (acīkarat, Causative Aorist)
* चिकीर्षति (cíkīrṣati, Desiderative)
* करिक्रति (karikrati, Intensive)
* चर्करीति (carkarīti, Intensive)

###### Non-Finite Forms

* कृत (kṛtá, Past Participle)
* कर्तुम् (kártum, Infinitive)
* कर्तोस् (kártos, Infinitive)
* कर्तवे (kártave, Infinitive)
* कर्तवै (kártavaí, Infinitive)
* कृत्वा (kṛtvā́, Gerund)
* कृत्वी (kṛtvī́, Gerund)
* कृत्वाय (kṛtvā́ya, Gerund)
* कृत्य (kṛ́tya, Gerund)
* कारम् (kā́ram, Gerund)
* कार्य (kārya, Gerundive)
* कर्तव्य (kartavya, Gerundive)
* करणीय (karaṇīya, Gerundive)
* कृत्य (kṛ́tya, Gerundive)
* कर्त्व (kártva, Gerundive)
* कारयितव्य (kārayitavya, Causative Gerundive)
* चिकीर्षु (cikīrṣu, Desiderative Participle)
* चिकारयिषु (cikārayiṣu, Desiderative Participle of Causative)

###### Derived Nominal Forms

* अकरणि (akaraṇi, “non-accomplishment, failure”)
* कर (kará, “doer, maker; hand”)
* करण (karaṇa, “doing, making”)
* करस् (káras, “a deed, action”)
* करिष्ठ (káriṣṭha, “doing very much”)
* करिष्णु (kariṣṇu, “doing, accomplishing”)
* करुण (karúṇa, “action, holy work”)
* करोति (karóti, “he makes, does”)
* कर्तृ (kartṛ, “doer, maker”)
* कर्त्र (kártra, “spell, charm”)
* कर्त्व (kártva, “obligation, duty”)
* कर्तव्य (kártavya, “obligation, duty”)
* कर्मकृत् (karmakṛt, “performing any work, skillful in work”)
* कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action”)
* कर्वर (kárvara, “deed, action”)
* कार (kāra, “act, action”)
* कारक (kāraka, “making, doing, acting”)
* कारण (kāraṇa, “cause, reason”)
* कारिन् (kārin, “doing, making, effecting”)
* कारु (kāru, “artisan, mechanic”)
* कारुक (kāruka, “artisan, artificer”)
* कार्य (kārya, “work or business to be done, duty”)
* कृति (kṛ́ti, “act of doing”)
* कृत्या (kṛtyā́, “action, act, deed”)
* दशकृत्वस् (daśakṛtvas, “ten times”)
* बहुकृत्वस् (bahukṛtvas, “many times”)
* पञ्चकृत्वस् (pañcakṛtvas, “fivefold”)
* पापकर्मिन् (pāpakarmin, “wrong-doing, wicked”)
* पापकृत् (pāpakṛt, “wrong-doing, wicked”)
* सुकृत् (sukṛt, “doing good, benevolent”)
* कृत्नु (kṛtnú, “working well, able to work, skilful”)
* कृत्रिम (kṛtríma, “made artificially, factitious, artificial”)
* कृत्वन् (kṛ́tvan, “causing, effecting”)
* कृत्वरी (kṛ́tvarī, “the magic powers”)
* तनूकृथ (tanūkṛtha, “preservation of the person”)
* पुत्रकृथ (putrakṛtha, “bringing forth or procreation of children”)
* क्रतु (krátu, “plan, design, intention”)
* क्रिया (kriyā, “doing, performing, performance”)
* चक्रि (cákri, “doing, effecting”)
* चिकीर्षा (cikīrṣā, “intention or desire to make or do or perform”)
* कारयितृ (kārayitṛ, “performer of a religious ceremony”)
* उपस्कृत (upaskṛta, “furnished”)
* परिष्कृत (pariṣkṛta, “prepared, adorned, embellished”)
* परिष्क्रिया (pariṣkriyā, “adorning, decorating”)
* परिष्कार (pariṣkāra, “ornament, decoration”)
* उपस्कार (upaskāra, “anything additional, a supplement”)
* अपस्कर (apaskara, “any part of a carriage, a wheel”)
* उपस्कर (upaskara, “utensil, implement, instrument”)
* परिष्कर (pariṣkara, “ornament, decoration”)
* आस्क्र (āskra, “attacking, assaulting”)

###### Prefixed Root Forms

* उपकृ (upakṛ)
* परिस्कृ (pariskṛ)
* संस्कृ (saṃskṛ)

### Etymology 2

Likely from Proto-Indo-European *kreH- (“to shout”); cognate with Proto-Germanic *hrōmiz (“fame”), whence German Ruhm (“fame, glory”).

#### Root

कृ • (kṛ)
* to commemorate, honor, treat with respect, make mention of, praise, speak highly of

##### Derived terms

* अकारिषम् (akāriṣam)
* अकार्षम् (akārṣam)
* कारयति (kārayati)
* कारु (kāru)
* कीरि (kīri)
* कीर्ति (kīrti)
* चक्रत् (cakrat)
* चर्कर्मि (carkarmi)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “कृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 300-304.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 21-22
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “कृ”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 307-309; 310-311; 388