ग्रन्थ्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• ग्रथ् (grath)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গ্ৰন্থ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬕ᭄ᬭᬦ᭄ᬣ᭄ (Balinese script)
• গ্রন্থ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰿𑰨𑰡𑰿𑰞𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑁆𑀭𑀦𑁆𑀣𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဂြန္ထ် (Burmese script)
• ગ્રન્થ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਗ੍ਰਨ੍ਥ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦿꦤ꧀ꦡ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂹𑂩𑂢𑂹𑂟𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಗ್ರನ್ಥ್ (Kannada script)
• គ្រន្ថ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຄ຺ຣນ຺ຖ຺ (Lao script)
• ഗ്രന്ഥ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᡵᠠᠨᡨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘿𑘨𑘡𑘿𑘞𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠷᠠᠨᠲ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧠𑧈𑧁𑧠𑦾𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑑂𑐬𑐣𑑂𑐠𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଗ୍ରନ୍ଥ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢔ꣄ꢬꢥ꣄ꢢ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑇀𑆫𑆤𑇀𑆡𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖿𑖨𑖡𑖿𑖞𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ග්‍රන්‍ථ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞 𑪙𑩼𑩯 𑪙𑩬 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚶𑚤𑚝𑚶𑚚𑚶 (Takri script)
• க்³ரந்த்² (Tamil script)
• గ్రన్థ్ (Telugu script)
• คฺรนฺถฺ (Thai script)
• གྲ་ནྠ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑓂𑒩𑒢𑓂𑒟𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑩇𑨫𑨝𑩇𑨚𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *grantH- (“to tie (a knot)”), cognate to Persian گره (gereh, “knot”), with further origin uncertain. The traditional derivation from Proto-Indo-European *gre(n)tH- (“to tie”) (itself a hypothetical extension of Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to twist”)) would make the root cognate with Proto-Germanic *kradô (“wicker basket”), whence English cradle; however, this is not certain, as the Germanic word could very well be of substrate origin instead.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐntʰ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐn̪t̪ʰ/

Root

ग्रन्थ् • (granth)

1. to tie, fasten
2. to string together, arrange, connect in a regular series
3. to string words together, compose (a literary work)

Derived terms

• ग्रन्थ (grantha, “a binding”)
• ग्रन्थि (granthí, “a knot”)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ग्रन्थ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0370/3.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “ग्रन्थ्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 039
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “ग्रन्थ्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
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• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 122-3
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0385-0390”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 0385-0390
• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 302