घस्

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰas- (to eat, gorge), of unknown origin, with numerous unconvincing attempts to connect the root to terms including Latin hostia (sacrifice) and Tocharian B kest (hunger).[1] Within Iranian, cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬵 (gah, to gorge), Pashto غاښ (ǧâx̌, tooth).[2]

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Root[edit]

घस् (ghas)

  1. to consume, devour, eat

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References[edit]

  • Monier Williams (1899) “घस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0377/1.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “घस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 042
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “घस्”, 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
  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 514
  2. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 93