घ्रा
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Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative scripts[edit]
Alternative scripts
- ঘ্ৰা (Assamese script)
- ᬖ᭄ᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
- ঘ্রা (Bengali script)
- 𑰑𑰿𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀖𑁆𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဃြာ (Burmese script)
- ઘ્રા (Gujarati script)
- ਘ੍ਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌘𑍍𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦓꦿꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂐𑂹𑂩𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಘ್ರಾ (Kannada script)
- ឃ្រា (Khmer script)
- ຆ຺ຣາ (Lao script)
- ഘ്രാ (Malayalam script)
- ᢚᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘑𑘿𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠾᠷᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦱𑧠𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐑𑑂𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଘ୍ରା (Odia script)
- ꢕ꣄ꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆔𑇀𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖑𑖿𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ඝ්රා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩟 𑪙𑩼𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚍𑚶𑚤𑚭 (Takri script)
- க்⁴ரா (Tamil script)
- ఘ్రా (Telugu script)
- ฆฺรา (Thai script)
- གྷྲཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒒𑓂𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨎𑩇𑨫𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology[edit]
Of uncertain origin.
Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰʷreh₂, whence Ancient Greek ὀσφραινομαι (osphrainomai, “I smell, perceive”) (compare Greek όσφρηση (ósfrisi, “(sense of) smell”); however, this is controversial.
Alternatively, Seebold compares the root to Old English brǣþ (“smell; steam”), whence English breath.
Another theory compares the root to Latin frōns (“brow, front”); noses are frontal organs responsible for smelling and breathing.
Pronunciation[edit]
Root[edit]
घ्रा • (ghrā)
Derived terms[edit]
- अघ्रात् (aghrāt)
- अघ्रासाताम् (aghrāsātām)
- अघ्रासीत् (aghrāsīt)
- अजिघ्रपत् (ajighrapat)
- घ्राति (ghrāti)
- घ्रापयति (ghrāpayati)
- घ्रायात् (ghrāyāt)
- जिघ्रति (jighrati)
- जिघ्रित्वा (jighritvā)
- जेघ्रीयते (jeghrīyate)
References[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899) “घ्रा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 379/3.
- 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) “घ्रा”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “घ्रा”, 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, page 520
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 364; 433