गॄ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গৄ (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬻ (Balinese script)
• গৄ (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰵 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀿 (Brahmi script)
• ဂၗ (Burmese script)
• ગૄ (Gujarati script)
• ਗୄ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑍄 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦽꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏 (Kaithi script)
• ಗೄ (Kannada script)
• គ្ឬ (Khmer script)
• ຄ຺ຣີ (Lao script)
• ഗൄ (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘶 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧗 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐻 (Newa script)
• ଗୄ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢻ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆹 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖵 (Siddham script)
• ගෲ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩙𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌 (Takri script)
• க்³ரி (Tamil script)
• గౄ (Telugu script)
• คฺฤๅ (Thai script)
• གྲཱྀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒶 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨼𑨉𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *garH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *garH-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-.

Alternative forms

• गर् (gar), गृ (gṛ)

Root

गॄ • (gṝ)

1. to invoke, call
2. to welcome, pronounce

Derived terms

• उद्गार (udgāra)
• उद्गॄ (udgṝ)
• गिर् (gír)
• गूर्त (gūrta)
• गूर्ति (gūrti)
• गृणाति (gṛṇā́ti)
• गृणान (gṛṇāna)
• गृणीते (gṛṇīte)
• गृणीषे (gṛṇīṣe)
• गृणे (gṛṇe)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गॄ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 363/1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 38
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 468-9

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *garH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *garH-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃-. Cognate with Latin voro, Ancient Greek βορά (borá), Old English acworren, Russian жрать (žratʹ).

Alternative forms

• गिर् (gir), गिल् (gil), गर् (gar), गृ (gṛ)

Root

गॄ • (gṝ)

1. to devour
2. to eat
3. to swallow

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root गॄ (0 c, 6 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root गॄ (1 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• गिरति (giráti, Present)
• गिलति (giláti, Present)
• गरीष्यति (garīṣyáti, Future)
• गरीता (garītā́, Periphrastic Future)
• जगार (jagā́ra, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• गारायति (gārā́yati, Causative)

Derived Nominal Forms

• गर (gará)
• गरुड (garuḍá)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गॄ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 363/1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page {{{1}}}
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “469-70”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag