Etymology

kshetra

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Today it means: A holy precinct or temenos. Full definition →

Sanskrit क्षेत्र
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The story

  1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromक्षेत्र“field, area, tract of land”
  2. English todaykshetra

Borrowed from Sanskrit क्षेत्र (kṣetra, “field, area, tract of land”).

Words from the same roots

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