[kriʃn], adj.; m. black, dark;
[←OIA kr̥ṣṇá- ‘dark blue, black’ RV., kŕ̥ṣṇaka- ‘blackish’ Pāṇ., Nom. prop. esp. of the incarnation of Viṣṇu. ◀PIE *kers- ‘black, dirty; a dark color’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. Chernozem ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0825; (Turner, 1966) 3451; (MW, 1899) 0306; (Pokorny, 1959) 0583; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.397
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