गृभ्णाति

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• गृह्णाति (gṛhṇāti)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গৃভ্ণাতি (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬺᬪ᭄ᬡᬵᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• গৃভ্ণাতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰴𑰥𑰿𑰜𑰯𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀾𑀪𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဂၖဘ္ဏာတိ (Burmese script)
• ગૃભ્ણાતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਗ੍ਰਭ੍ਣਾਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑍃𑌭𑍍𑌣𑌾𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦽꦨ꧀ꦟꦴꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑃂𑂦𑂹𑂝𑂰𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಗೃಭ್ಣಾತಿ (Kannada script)
• គ្ឫភ្ណាតិ (Khmer script)
• ຄ຺ຣິຠ຺ຓາຕິ (Lao script)
• ഗൃഭ്ണാതി (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᡵᡳᢨᢏᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘵𑘥𑘿𑘜𑘰𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠷᠢᠪᠾᢏᠠᢗᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧖𑧅𑧠𑦼𑧑𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐺𑐨𑑂𑐞𑐵𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଗୃଭ୍ଣାତି (Odia script)
• ꢔꢺꢩ꣄ꢠꢵꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆸𑆨𑇀𑆟𑆳𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖴𑖥𑖿𑖜𑖯𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ගෘභ‍්ණාති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩙𑩳 𑪙𑩪𑩛𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚡𑚶𑚘𑚭𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• க்³ரிப்⁴ணாதி (Tamil script)
• గృభ్ణాతి (Telugu script)
• คฺฤภฺณาติ (Thai script)
• གྲྀ་བྷྞཱ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒵𑒦𑓂𑒝𑒰𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨼𑨉𑨡𑩇𑨘𑨊𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *gr̥bʰnáHti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥bʰnáHti, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to seize, snatch, grab”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬡 (gar^əβ, “to seize”), Macedonian грабне (grabne, “to snatch”), Middle Low German grabben. Compare also English grab, a borrowing from Middle Low German.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡr̩bʱ.ɳɑ́ː.ti/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡr̩bʱˈɳɑː.t̪i/

Verb

गृभ्णाति • (gṛbhṇā́ti) third-singular present indicative (root ग्रभ्, class 9, type P)

1. to seize
2. to take by the hand

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गृभ्णाति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 371/2.