घृष्

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See also: घोष

Sanskrit[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *gʰarṣ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarš-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrs-u-, a zero-grade form of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to rub, scrape, scratch”) in accordance with Weise's law.[1] Compare perhaps Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō, “to sharpen”), Proto-Slavic *gorxъ (“pea”), Tocharian B kärweñe (“stone”).

Root[edit]

घृष् • (ghṛṣ) (class 1)

  1. to rub, brush, polish
  2. to grind, crush, pound

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Descendants[edit]

  • Punjabi: ਘਿਸ (ghis, “rub”)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Alwin Kloekhorst (2008 September) Weise's Law: depalatalization of palatovelars in Sanskrit, Salzburg, Austria, sourced from XIIIth International Conference of the Society of Indo-European Studies
  • Monier Williams (1899) “घृष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 379/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 513-514
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 358
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