ग्रह्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

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).

Pronunciation

Root

ग्रह् (grah)

  1. to seize

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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