घ्रंस
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ঘ্ৰংস (Assamese script)
- ᬖ᭄ᬭᬂᬲ (Balinese script)
- ঘ্রংস (Bengali script)
- 𑰑𑰿𑰨𑰽𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀖𑁆𑀭𑀁𑀲 (Brahmi script)
- ဃြံသ (Burmese script)
- ઘ્રંસ (Gujarati script)
- ਘ੍ਰਂਸ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌘𑍍𑌰𑌂𑌸 (Grantha script)
- ꦓꦿꦁꦱ (Javanese script)
- 𑂐𑂹𑂩𑂁𑂮 (Kaithi script)
- ಘ್ರಂಸ (Kannada script)
- ឃ្រំស (Khmer script)
- ຆ຺ຣໍສ (Lao script)
- ഘ്രംസ (Malayalam script)
- ᢚᢀ᠋ᡵᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘑𑘿𑘨𑘽𑘭 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠾᢀ᠋ᠷᠠᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦱𑧠𑧈𑧞𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐑𑑂𑐬𑑄𑐳 (Newa script)
- ଘ୍ରଂସ (Odia script)
- ꢕ꣄ꢬꢀꢱ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆔𑇀𑆫𑆁𑆱 (Sharada script)
- 𑖑𑖿𑖨𑖽𑖭 (Siddham script)
- ඝ්රංස (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩟 𑪙𑩼𑪖𑪁 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚍𑚶𑚤𑚫𑚨 (Takri script)
- க்⁴ரஂஸ (Tamil script)
- ఘ్రంస (Telugu script)
- ฆฺรํส (Thai script)
- གྷྲཾ་ས (Tibetan script)
- 𑒒𑓂𑒩𑓀𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨎𑩇𑨫𑨸𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰransás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰr-ens(o)- (“heat”), from the root *gʷʰer- (“to be hot”). Cognate with Welsh gwres (“heat”), Old Irish grís (“heat (of the sun), fire, embers”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡʱɾɐ̃.sɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡʱɾɐ̃.s̪ɐ/
Noun
घ्रंस • (ghraṃsá) stem, m
- heat of the sun
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.116.8:
- हिमेनाग्निं घ्रंसमवारयेथां पितुमतीमूर्जमस्मा अधत्तम् ।
ऋबीसे अत्रिमश्विनावनीतमुन्निन्यथुः सर्वगणं स्वस्ति ॥- himénāgníṃ ghraṃsám avārayethām pitumátīm ū́rjam asmā adhattam
ṛbī́se átrim aśvinā́vanītam ún ninyathuḥ sárvagaṇaṃ suastí - Ye warded off with cold the fire's fierce burning; food very rich in nourishment ye furnished.
Atri, cast downward in the cavern, Asvins ye brought, with all his people, forth to comfort.
- himénāgníṃ ghraṃsám avārayethām pitumátīm ū́rjam asmā adhattam
- हिमेनाग्निं घ्रंसमवारयेथां पितुमतीमूर्जमस्मा अधत्तम् ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | घ्रंसः (ghraṃsáḥ) | घ्रंसौ (ghraṃsáu) घ्रंसा¹ (ghraṃsā́¹) |
घ्रंसाः (ghraṃsā́ḥ) घ्रंसासः¹ (ghraṃsā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | घ्रंसम् (ghraṃsám) | घ्रंसौ (ghraṃsáu) घ्रंसा¹ (ghraṃsā́¹) |
घ्रंसान् (ghraṃsā́n) |
| instrumental | घ्रंसेन (ghraṃséna) | घ्रंसाभ्याम् (ghraṃsā́bhyām) | घ्रंसैः (ghraṃsáiḥ) घ्रंसेभिः¹ (ghraṃsébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | घ्रंसाय (ghraṃsā́ya) | घ्रंसाभ्याम् (ghraṃsā́bhyām) | घ्रंसेभ्यः (ghraṃsébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | घ्रंसात् (ghraṃsā́t) | घ्रंसाभ्याम् (ghraṃsā́bhyām) | घ्रंसेभ्यः (ghraṃsébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | घ्रंसस्य (ghraṃsásya) | घ्रंसयोः (ghraṃsáyoḥ) | घ्रंसानाम् (ghraṃsā́nām) |
| locative | घ्रंसे (ghraṃsé) | घ्रंसयोः (ghraṃsáyoḥ) | घ्रंसेषु (ghraṃséṣu) |
| vocative | घ्रंस (ghráṃsa) | घ्रंसौ (ghráṃsau) घ्रंसा¹ (ghráṃsā¹) |
घ्रंसाः (ghráṃsāḥ) घ्रंसासः¹ (ghráṃsāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- ^ Alexander Lubotsky (2019), “The Indo-European suffix *-ens- and its Indo-Uralic origin”, in A. Kloekhorst, T. Pronk, editors, The precursors of Proto-Indo-European: The Indo-Anatolian and Indo-Uralic hypotheses, Leiden/Boston: Brill, pages 151-162