घूर्ण्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ঘূৰ্ণ্ (Assamese script)
ᬖᬹᬃᬡ᭄ (Balinese script)
ঘূর্ণ্ (Bengali script)
𑰑𑰳𑰨𑰿𑰜𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀖𑀽𑀭𑁆𑀡𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ဃူရ်္ဏ် (Burmese script)
ઘૂર્ણ્ (Gujarati script)
ਘੂਰ੍ਣ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌘𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌣𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦓꦹꦂꦟ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂐𑂴𑂩𑂹𑂝𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಘೂರ್ಣ್ (Kannada script)
ឃូណ៌៑ (Khmer script)
ຆູຣ຺ຓ຺ (Lao script)
ഘൂര്ണ് (Malayalam script)
ᢚᡠᡠᡵᢏ (Manchu script)
𑘑𑘴𑘨𑘿𑘜𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠺᠾᠤᠤᠷᢏ (Mongolian script)
𑦱𑧕𑧈𑧠𑦼𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐑𑐹𑐬𑑂𑐞𑑂 (Newa script)
ଘୂର୍ଣ୍ (Odia script)
ꢕꢹꢬ꣄ꢠ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆔𑆷𑆫𑇀𑆟𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖑𑖳𑖨𑖿𑖜𑖿 (Siddham script)
ඝූර්‍ණ් (Sinhalese script)
𑩟𑩒𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩪 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚍𑚱𑚤𑚶𑚘𑚶 (Takri script)
கூ⁴ர்ண் (Tamil script)
ఘూర్ణ్ (Telugu script)
ฆูรฺณฺ (Thai script)
གྷཱུ་རྞ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒒𑒴𑒩𑓂𑒝𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨎𑨃𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨘𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of uncertain origin.

Perhaps from an adjective घूर्ण (ghūrṇa) reanalyzed as a root, with *घूर् (ghūr) being the original form; via this derivation, forms a set of roots with घृ (ghṛ, “to sprinkle, drizzle”) and घ्रा (ghrā, “to smell, perceive”).

Older sources connected the root to Dravidian; compare Kannada ಕುಣಿ (kuṇi, “to dance”). However, this is now considered obsolete.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡʱuːɾɳ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡʱuːɾɳ/

Root

घूर्ण् • (ghūrṇ)

to waver, move to and fro, shake, be agitated, roll about

Derived terms

घूर्णति (ghūrṇati)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “घूर्ण्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 378/2.
William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 42
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 515
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 360