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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Indo-Aryan *garH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *garH-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-.

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गॄ (gṝ)

  1. to invoke, call
  2. to welcome, pronounce
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  • Monier Williams (1899) “गॄ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 363/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 38
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 468-9

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Indo-Aryan *garH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *garH-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃-. Cognate with Latin voro, Ancient Greek βορά (borá), Old English acworren, Russian жрать (žratʹ).

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गॄ (gṝ)

  1. to devour
  2. to eat
  3. to swallow
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