घृ

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• घर् (ghar)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঘৃ (Assamese script)
• ᬖᬺ (Balinese script)
• ঘৃ (Bengali script)
• 𑰑𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀖𑀾 (Brahmi script)
• ဃၖ (Burmese script)
• ઘૃ (Gujarati script)
• ਘ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌘𑍃 (Grantha script)
• ꦓꦽ (Javanese script)
• 𑂐𑃂 (Kaithi script)
• ಘೃ (Kannada script)
• ឃ្ឫ (Khmer script)
• ຆ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
• ഘൃ (Malayalam script)
• ᢚᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘑𑘵 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠾᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦱𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐑𑐺 (Newa script)
• ଘୃ (Odia script)
• ꢕꢺ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆔𑆸 (Sharada script)
• 𑖑𑖴 (Siddham script)
• ඝෘ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩟𑩙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚍 (Takri script)
• க்⁴ரி (Tamil script)
• ఘృ (Telugu script)
• ฆฺฤ (Thai script)
• གྷྲྀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒒𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨎𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Generally derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrēy- (“to smear”), extended from *gʰer- (“to rub”); compare English grime, Ancient Greek χρῑ́ω (khrī́ō). However, Mayrhofer is skeptical enough to promote alternative etymologies.

Root

घृ • (ghṛ)

1. to besprinkle
2. to wet, moisten

Derived terms

• घरति (gharati)
• घारयति (ghārayati)
• घृत (ghṛta)
• जिघर्ति (jigharti)

 

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”).

Root

घृ • (ghṛ)

1. to shine
2. to burn

Derived terms

• घृण (ghṛṇa)
• घृत (ghṛta)
• जिघर्ति (jigharti)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “घृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0378/2.
• Monier Williams (1899) “घृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0379/1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 043
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “घृ”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “घृ”, 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
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 512-513
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 357; 433

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 0457, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0457
• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 336