ग्रह्

See also: ग्रह and गिरिह

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• ग्रभ् (grabh)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গ্ৰহ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬕ᭄ᬭᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
• গ্রহ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰿𑰨𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑁆𑀭𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဂြဟ် (Burmese script)
• ગ્રહ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਗ੍ਰਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦿꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂹𑂩𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಗ್ರಹ್ (Kannada script)
• គ្រហ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຄ຺ຣຫ຺ (Lao script)
• ഗ്രഹ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᡵᠠᡥ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘿𑘨𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠷᠠᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧠𑧈𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑑂𑐬𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଗ୍ରହ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢔ꣄ꢬꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑇀𑆫𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖿𑖨𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ග්‍රහ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞 𑪙𑩼𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚶𑚤𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
• க்³ரஹ் (Tamil script)
• గ్రహ్ (Telugu script)
• คฺรหฺ (Thai script)
• གྲ་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑓂𑒩𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑩇𑨫𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *grabʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬡 (gar^əβ, “to seize”), English grab (a borrowing from another Germanic language), and Proto-Slavic *gràbiti (“to grab, seize”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐɦ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐɦ/

Root

ग्रह् • (grah)

1. to seize

Derived terms

• गृहीत (gṛhītá, “seized”)
• गृहीति (gṛhīti, “seizing, taking”)
• गृहु (gṛhú, “one who receives alms, beggar”)
• गृह् (gṛh, “seizing (the mind), moving”)
• गृह्णाति (gṛhṇā́ti, “he seizes”)
• ग्रह (gráha, “seizing, laying hold of”)
• ग्रहण (gráhaṇa, “seizing, holding”)
• ग्रहणीय (grahaṇīya, “to be accepted as a rule or law, to be taken to heart”)
• ग्रहि (grahi, “anything that holds or supports”)
• ग्रहीतव्य (grahītavya, “to be taken or received”)
• ग्रहीतृ (grahītṛ, “one who takes or seizes”)
• ग्राह (grāha, “seizing, holding, catching, receiving”)
• ग्राहक (grāhaka, “one who seizes or takes captive”)
• ग्राहि (grā́hi, “female spirit seizing men”)
• ग्राहिन् (grāhin, “seizing, taking, holding”)
• ग्राहुक (grāhuka, “seizing”)
• ग्राह्य (grāhya, “to be seized or taken or held”)
• जिघृक्षा (jighṛkṣā, “wish or intention to take or seize”)
• जिघृक्षु (jighṛkṣu, “intending to take or seize”)
• पादगृह्य (pādagṛhya, “seizing by the foot”)
• फलग्रहिष्णु (phalagrahiṣṇu, “fruit-bearing, fruitful”)
• हस्तगृह्य (hastagṛhya, “having taken the hand”)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ग्रह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 371/2.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 40
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 507