घृ
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- घर् (ghar)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ঘৃ (Assamese script)
- ᬖᬺ (Balinese script)
- ঘৃ (Bengali script)
- 𑰑𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀖𑀾 (Brahmi script)
- ဃၖ (Burmese script)
- ઘૃ (Gujarati script)
- ਘ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌘𑍃 (Grantha script)
- ꦓꦽ (Javanese script)
- 𑂐𑃂 (Kaithi script)
- ಘೃ (Kannada script)
- ឃ្ឫ (Khmer script)
- ຆ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
- ഘൃ (Malayalam script)
- ᢚᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘑𑘵 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠾᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦱𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐑𑐺 (Newa script)
- ଘୃ (Odia script)
- ꢕꢺ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆔𑆸 (Sharada script)
- 𑖑𑖴 (Siddham script)
- ඝෘ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩟𑩙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚍 (Takri script)
- க்⁴ரி (Tamil script)
- ఘృ (Telugu script)
- ฆฺฤ (Thai script)
- གྷྲྀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒒𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨎𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡʱr̩/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡʱr̩/
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Root
घृ • (ghṛ)
- to besprinkle
- to wet, moisten
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root घृ (wet) (0 c, 1 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root घृ (wet) (3 c, 0 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- जिघ॑र्ति (jígharti) (Present)
- घरति (gharati) (Present)
- Secondary Forms
- घ्रियते (ghriyáte) (Passive)
- घारयति (ghārayati) (Causative)
- घार्यते (ghāryate) (Passive of Causative)
- Non-Finite Forms
- घृ॒त (ghṛtá) (Past Participle)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- अघारिन् (aghārín)
- घृ॒त (ghṛtá)
- जघ्रि (jághri)
- Prefixed Root Forms
- आघृ (āghṛ)
Etymology 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-
Sanskrit घृ (ghṛ)
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”).
Root
घृ • (ghṛ)
Usage notes
The verbs are not attested, only mentioned in the Dhātupāṭha.
Derived terms
Category Sanskrit terms belonging to the root घृ (shine) not found
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root घृ (shine) (2 c, 0 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Non-Finite Forms
- घृत (ghṛta) (Past Participle)
- Derived Nominal Forms
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “घृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 378/2.
- Monier Williams (1899), “घृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 379/1.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 43
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “घृ”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “घृ”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “GHAR”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 512-513
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956), Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 357; 433
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), “457”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 457
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 336