अर्थ्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অৰ্থ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬃᬣ᭄ (Balinese script)
• অর্থ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰨𑰿𑰞𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀭𑁆𑀣𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• အရ်္ထ် (Burmese script)
• અર્થ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਰ੍ਥ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌰𑍍𑌥𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦂꦡ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂩𑂹𑂟𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಅರ್ಥ್ (Kannada script)
• អថ៌៑ (Khmer script)
• ອຣ຺ຖ຺ (Lao script)
• അര്ഥ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᡵᡨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘨𑘿𑘞𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠷᠲ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧈𑧠𑦾𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐬𑑂𑐠𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଅର୍ଥ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢬ꣄ꢢ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆫𑇀𑆡𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖨𑖿𑖞𑖿 (Siddham script)
• අර්‍ථ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩼 𑪙𑩬 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚤𑚶𑚚𑚶 (Takri script)
• அர்த்² (Tamil script)
• అర్థ్ (Telugu script)
• อรฺถฺ (Thai script)
• ཨ་རྠ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒩𑓂𑒟𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨫𑩇𑨚𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ert-.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐɾtʰ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɐɾt̪ʰ/

Root

अर्थ् • (arth)

1. to ask for, request
2. to strive to obtain
3. to desire, wish,
4. to supplicate or entreat
5. to point out the sense of, comment upon

Derived terms

• अत्यर्थ (atyartha, “beyond the proper worth: exorbitant, excessive”)
• अत्यर्थम् (atyartham, “excessively, exceedingly”)
• अन्वर्थ (anvartha, “following in meaning; intelligible, clear”)
• अर्थ (artha, “cause, motive, reason; advantage, utility; thing, object; substance, wealth; etc”)
• अर्थकृत् (arthakṛt, “profit-causing, useful”)
• अर्थघ्न (arthaghna, “destroying advantage, causing loss or damage”)
• अर्थचर्या (arthacaryā, “doing business, promoting another's affais”)
• अर्थचिन्ता (arthacintā, “attention or consideraton of affairs”)
• अर्थतस् (arthatas, “in fact, really, truly; for the profit of”)
• अर्थद (arthada, “conferring advantage, profitable, munificent”)
• अर्थदान (arthadāna, “donation of money, present; a present given with a (selfish) purpose”)
• अर्थना (arthanā, “request, entreaty”)
• अर्थनीय (arthanīya, “to be requested, asked for”)
• अर्थपति (arthapati, “lord of wealth, rich man, king”)
• अर्थबन्ध (arthabandha, “a word or sentence (binding the sense together)”)
• अर्थभेद (arthabheda, “distinction, difference in meaning”)
• अर्थमनस् (arthamanas, “having an aim in view”)
• अर्थमात्र (arthamātra, “property, money; being only the matter itself”)
• अर्थसंग्रह (arthasaṃgraha, “treasury; accumulation of wealth”)
• अर्थसार (arthasāra, “a considerable property”)
• अर्थहीन (arthahīna, “deprived of wealth, poor; meaningless, nonsensical”)
• अर्थात् (arthāt, “according to the sense, that is to say, as a matter of fact”)
• अर्थाभिपत्ति (arthābhipatti, “resulting from the facts”)
• इत्यर्थ (ityartha, “having such a sense or meaning”)
• इत्यर्थम् (ityartham, “for this purpose”)
• किमर्थम् (kimartham, “for what purpose, for what, why”)
• गुर्वर्थ (gurvartha, “deep meaning, important; anything related to one's guru”)
• गुर्वर्थम् (gurvartham, “for or on account of one's guru; for one's parents”)
• प्रार्थन (prārthana, “wish, desire, request”)
• प्रार्थ् (prārth, “to wish, ask a person”)
• व्यर्थ (vyartha, “useless, unprofitable, vain, unavailing; devoid of property or money; unmeaning, inconsistent”)
• समर्थ (samartha, “connected in se+nse, having a similar object; ability”)
• सार्थ (sārtha, “crowd, multitude”)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अर्थ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 90.
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “326-332”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 326-332