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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hargʰás (price, value), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elgʷʰós, from *h₂elgʷʰ- (to cost, have value). Cognate with Ossetian аргъ (arǧ), Sogdian [script needed] ('rγ), Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬘𐬀𐬵 (arəjah, value, price), Persian ارزش (arzeš, value), ارز (arz, currency), Ancient Greek ἀλφή (alphḗ, gain), Lithuanian alga (wages).[1] Compare also Hungarian ár (price), an early Indo-Iranian borrowing.[2]

The Sanskrit root is अर्ह् (arh).[3]

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Noun edit

अर्घ (arghá) stemm

  1. worth, value, price

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Masculine a-stem declension of अर्घ (arghá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative अर्घः
argháḥ
अर्घौ / अर्घा¹
arghaú / arghā́¹
अर्घाः / अर्घासः¹
arghā́ḥ / arghā́saḥ¹
Vocative अर्घ
árgha
अर्घौ / अर्घा¹
árghau / árghā¹
अर्घाः / अर्घासः¹
árghāḥ / árghāsaḥ¹
Accusative अर्घम्
arghám
अर्घौ / अर्घा¹
arghaú / arghā́¹
अर्घान्
arghā́n
Instrumental अर्घेण
arghéṇa
अर्घाभ्याम्
arghā́bhyām
अर्घैः / अर्घेभिः¹
arghaíḥ / arghébhiḥ¹
Dative अर्घाय
arghā́ya
अर्घाभ्याम्
arghā́bhyām
अर्घेभ्यः
arghébhyaḥ
Ablative अर्घात्
arghā́t
अर्घाभ्याम्
arghā́bhyām
अर्घेभ्यः
arghébhyaḥ
Genitive अर्घस्य
arghásya
अर्घयोः
argháyoḥ
अर्घाणाम्
arghā́ṇām
Locative अर्घे
arghé
अर्घयोः
argháyoḥ
अर्घेषु
arghéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

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References edit

  1. ^ Puhvel, Jaan (1991) Hittite Etymological Dictionary, Mouton de Gruyter, page 41
  2. ^ Entry #26 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  3. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “अर्घ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 89.