अर्ह्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অৰ্হ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬃᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
• অর্হ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰨𑰿𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀭𑁆𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• အရ်္ဟ် (Burmese script)
• અર્હ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਰ੍ਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌰𑍍𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦂꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂩𑂹𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಅರ್ಹ್ (Kannada script)
• អហ៌៑ (Khmer script)
• ອຣ຺ຫ຺ (Lao script)
• അര്ഹ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᡵᡥ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘨𑘿𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠷᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧈𑧠𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐭𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଅର୍ହ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢬ꣄ꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆫𑇀𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖨𑖿𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
• අර්‍හ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩼 𑪙𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚤𑚶𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
• அர்ஹ் (Tamil script)
• అర్హ్ (Telugu script)
• อรฺหฺ (Thai script)
• ཨ་རྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒩𑓂𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨫𑩇𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂elgʷʰ- (“to be worth; value; gain”). See अर्हति (arhati) and अर्घ (argha, “price, value”) for more.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐɾɦ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɐɾɦ/

Root

अर्ह् • (arh)

1. to deserve, merit, be worthy of
2. to have a claim to
3. to be entitled to (accusative case)
4. to be allowed to do anything
5. to be obliged or required to do anything (accusative)
6. to be worth, counterbalance, to be able
7. to honor

Derived terms

• अर्कत् (arkat)
• अर्हक (arhaka, “entitled to”)
• अर्हण (arhaṇa, “deserving, meriting; being entitled to”)
• अर्हति (arhati)
• अर्हते (arhate)
• अर्हत् (arhat, “worthy, venerable; celebrated”)
• अर्हत्तम (arhattama, “most worthy, most venerable”)
• अर्हन्त (arhanta, “worthy, a buddha”)
• अर्हयेत् (arhayet)
• अर्हसि (arhasi)
• अर्हसे (arhase)
• अर्हित (arhita, “honored, worshipped”)
• आनर्हुः (ānarhuḥ)
• आनृहुः (ānṛhuḥ)
• आर्जिहत् (ārjihat)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अर्ह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 93/3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 4
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 124