ग्रह्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- ग्रभ् (grabh)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *grabʰ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *grabʰ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬡 (garəβ, “to seize”), English grab (a borrowing from another Germanic language).
Derived terms
- गृहीत (gṛhītá, “seized”)
- गृहीति (gṛhīti, “seizing, taking”)
- गृहु (gṛhú, “one who receives alms, beggar”)
- गृह् (gṛh, “seizing (the mind), moving”)
- गृह्णाति (gṛhṇā́ti, “he seizes”)
- ग्रह (gráha, “seizing, laying hold of”)
- ग्रहण (gráhaṇa, “seizing, holding”)
- ग्रहणीय (grahaṇīya, “to be accepted as a rule or law, to be taken to heart”)
- ग्रहि (grahi, “anything that holds or supports”)
- ग्रहीतव्य (grahītavya, “to be taken or received”)
- ग्रहीतृ (grahītṛ, “one who takes or seizes”)
- ग्राह (grāha, “seizing, holding, catching, receiving”)
- ग्राहक (grāhaka, “one who seizes or takes captive”)
- ग्राहि (grā́hi, “female spirit seizing men”)
- ग्राहिन् (grāhin, “seizing, taking, holding”)
- ग्राहुक (grāhuka, “seizing”)
- ग्राह्य (grāhya, “to be seized or taken or held”)
- जिघृक्षा (jighṛkṣā, “wish or intention to take or seize”)
- जिघृक्षु (jighṛkṣu, “intending to take or seize”)
- पादगृह्य (pādagṛhya, “seizing by the foot”)
- फलग्रहिष्णु (phalagrahiṣṇu, “fruit-bearing, fruitful”)
- हस्तगृह्य (hastagṛhya, “having taken the hand”)
References
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 40
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