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uddharanti

uddharati

pr 3rd pl of uddharati (verb)

1. pulls up; pulls out; lifts up; raises; lit. carries up
2. removes; takes away; packs up; lit. carries up
3. derives (a meaning), adduces; lit. carries up
4. (of taxes) extracts; imposes; lit. carries up
5. (of water) draws; lit. carries up

Built from

• ud — prefix · up, out
  Upward and outward motion. Cognates: English out, German aus.
• har — root · carry, bear
  Cognate with Latin ferre (to carry, bear), English bear. The root concept of bearing or conveying something.
• a — stem · present stem
  Thematic vowel forming the present stem of the root.
• nti — ending · 3rd plural present
  Third person plural present indicative active, marking the verbal form for multiple agents in present time.

Etymology. ud- (up, out) + √har (carry). The prefix ud- gives the sense of upward or outward motion; √har, cognate with Latin ferre (to carry) and English bear, provides the action of carrying or moving. Together: to carry upward or away.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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