ग्रह्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

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 (garəβ, “to seize”), English grab (a borrowing from another Germanic language), and Proto-Slavic *gràbiti (“to grab, seize”).

Pronunciation

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]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 507
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