ऋघाय

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঋঘায় (Assamese script)
• ᬋᬖᬵᬬ (Balinese script)
• ঋঘায় (Bengali script)
• 𑰆𑰑𑰯𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀋𑀖𑀸𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• ၒဃာယ (Burmese script)
• ઋઘાય (Gujarati script)
• ਰਘਾਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌋𑌘𑌾𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦉꦓꦴꦪ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂱𑂐𑂰𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಋಘಾಯ (Kannada script)
• ឫឃាយ (Khmer script)
• ຣິຆາຍ (Lao script)
• ഋഘായ (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᡳᢚᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘆𑘑𑘰𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠢᠺᠾᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦦𑦱𑧑𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐆𑐑𑐵𑐫 (Newa script)
• ଋଘାଯ (Odia script)
• ꢈꢕꢵꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆉𑆔𑆳𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖆𑖑𑖯𑖧 (Siddham script)
• ඍඝාය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩙𑩟𑩛𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚍𑚭𑚣 (Takri script)
• ரிக⁴ாய (Tamil script)
• ఋఘాయ (Telugu script)
• ฤฆาย (Thai script)
• རྀ་གྷཱ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒇𑒒𑒰𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨉𑨎𑨊𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hr̥gʰaHy-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ergʰ- (“to move”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔρχομαι (érkhomai, “to go, come”), ὀρχέομαι (orkhéomai, “to dance, leap”); probably not related to Proto-Germanic *argaz (“unmanly, effeminate, cowardly”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /r̩.ɡʱɑː.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /r̩ˈɡʱɑː.jɐ/

Root

ऋघाय • (ṛghāya)

1. to be passionate
2. to rage, tremble

Derived terms

• ऋघायति (ṛghāyati)
• ऋघायते (ṛghāyate)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ऋघाय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 224/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “ṛghāy°”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 249