घृ
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Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- घर् (ghar)
Alternative scripts
[edit]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
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Generally derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrēy- (“to smear”), extended from *gʰer- (“to rub”); compare English grime, Ancient Greek χρῑ́ω (khrī́ō). However, Mayrhofer is skeptical enough to promote alternative etymologies.
Root
[edit]घृ • (ghṛ)
- to besprinkle
- to wet, moisten
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”).
Root
[edit]घृ • (ghṛ)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “घृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0378/2.
- Monier Williams (1899) “घृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0379/1.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 043
- 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) 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] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 357; 433
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 0457, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0457
- 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