आहार

      Sanskrit

      Etymology

      From ā-√hṛ (to eat).

      Adjective

      आहार (ā-hāra)

      1. (at the end of a compound) bringing near, procuring
      2. being about to fetch, going to fetch

      Declension

      Noun

      आहार (ā-hāra) m

      1. taking
      2. fetching, bringing near
      3. employing, use
      4. taking food
      5. food
        ā-hāraṃ-√kṛ — to take food, eat
      6. livelihood

      Declension

      Descendants

      References

      • Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0162
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