गॄ

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *garH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *garH-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃-. Cognate with Latin voro, Ancient Greek βορά (borá), Old English acworren, Russian жрать (žratʹ).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡr̩ː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡr̩ː/

Root

गॄ • (gṝ)

1. to devour
2. to eat
3. to swallow

Derived terms

• गिरति (giráti, “to devour”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गॄ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 363/1.