घस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰas- (to eat, gorge), of unknown origin, with numerous unconvincing attempts to connect the root to terms including Latin hostia (sacrifice) and Tocharian B kest (hunger).[1] Within Iranian, cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬵 (gah, to gorge), Pashto غاښ (ǧâx̌, tooth).[2]

Pronunciation

Root

घस् • (ghas)

  1. to consume, devour, eat

Derived terms

  • अक्षन् (akṣan)
  • अघत् (aghat)
  • अघसत् (aghasat)
  • अघसन् (aghasan)
  • अघस् (aghas)
  • अघस्त (aghasta)
  • अघस्ताम् (aghastām)
  • अघास् (aghās)
  • अजीघसत् (ajīghasat)
  • घसति (ghasati)
  • घसस् (ghasas)
  • घस्ताम् (ghastām)
  • घास (ghāsa)
  • जक्षिवस् (jakṣivas)
  • जक्षीयात् (jakṣīyāt)
  • जक्षुर् (jakṣur)
  • जघास (jaghāsa)
  • जिघत्सति (jighatsati)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “घस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0377/1.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “घस्”, 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 042
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “घस्”, 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
  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 514
  2. Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 93
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