गृध्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• गर्ध् (gardh)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গৃধ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬺᬥ᭄ (Balinese script)
• গৃধ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰴𑰠𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀾𑀥𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဂၖဓ် (Burmese script)
• ગૃધ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਗ੍ਰਧ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑍃𑌧𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦽꦣ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑃂𑂡𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಗೃಧ್ (Kannada script)
• គ្ឫធ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຄ຺ຣິຘ຺ (Lao script)
• ഗൃധ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᡵᡳᢡ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘵𑘠𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠷᠢᢑᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧖𑧀𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐺𑐢𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଗୃଧ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢺꢤ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆸𑆣𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖴𑖠𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ගෘධ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩙𑩮 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚜𑚶 (Takri script)
• க்³ரித்⁴ (Tamil script)
• గృధ్ (Telugu script)
• คฺฤธฺ (Thai script)
• གྲྀ་དྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒵𑒡𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨼𑨉𑨜𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾eldʰ- (“to be greedy, hungry”).

Cognates include Proto-Slavic *gȏldъ (“hunger”), whence Russian го́лод (gólod). English greed is a false cognate.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡr̩dʱ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡr̩d̪ʱ/

Root

गृध् • (gṛdh)

1. to covet, desire, strive after greedily

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root गृध्‎ (0 c, 4 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• गृध्यति (gṛ́dhyati, Present)
• गर्धिष्यति (gardhiṣyáti, Future)
• गर्धिता (gardhitā, Periphrastic Future)
• अगृधत् (ágṛdhat, Aorist)
• जगर्ध (jagárdha, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• गर्धयति (gardhayati, Causative)

Non-Finite Forms

• गृद्ध (gṛddha, Past Participle)
• गृद्ध्वा (gṛddhvā, Gerund)
• गृध्य (gṛ́dhya, Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• गर्ध (gardha)
• गर्धिन् (gardhin)
• गृद्धि (gṛddhi)
• गृध्नु (gṛdhnú)
• गृध्या (gṛdhyā)
• गृध्र (gṛ́dhra)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गृध्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 361, column 2.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “गृध्”, 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 39
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “गृध्”, 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
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “434”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 434
• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 341