Etymology

purohit

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Today it means: A family priest. Full definition →

Hindi पुरोहित ← Sanskrit पुरोहित ← Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ǵʰey-
  2. Sanskrit · derived fromपुरोहित
  3. Hindi · derived fromपुरोहित
  4. English todaypurohit

From Hindi पुरोहित (purohit), from Sanskrit पुरोहित (purohita) from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey-.

Words from the same roots

Sanskritपुरोहित all →

Barlaam

Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰey- all →

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