ग्रन्थि

See also: ग्रन्थ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

গ্ৰন্থি (Assamese script)
ᬕ᭄ᬭᬦ᭄ᬣᬶ (Balinese script)
গ্রন্থি (Bengali script)
𑰐𑰿𑰨𑰡𑰿𑰞𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀕𑁆𑀭𑀦𑁆𑀣𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ဂြန္ထိ (Burmese script)
ગ્રન્થિ (Gujarati script)
ਗ੍ਰਨ੍ਥਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦒꦿꦤ꧀ꦡꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂏𑂹𑂩𑂢𑂹𑂟𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಗ್ರನ್ಥಿ (Kannada script)
គ្រន្ថិ (Khmer script)
ຄ຺ຣນ຺ຖິ (Lao script)
ഗ്രന്ഥി (Malayalam script)
ᡤᡵᠠᠨᡨᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘐𑘿𑘨𑘡𑘿𑘞𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠺᠷᠠᠨᠲᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑦰𑧠𑧈𑧁𑧠𑦾𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐐𑑂𑐬𑐣𑑂𑐠𑐶 (Newa script)
ଗ୍ରନ୍ଥି (Odia script)
ꢔ꣄ꢬꢥ꣄ꢢꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆓𑇀𑆫𑆤𑇀𑆡𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖐𑖿𑖨𑖡𑖿𑖞𑖰 (Siddham script)
ග්‍රන්‍ථි (Sinhalese script)
𑩞 𑪙𑩼𑩯 𑪙𑩬𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚌𑚶𑚤𑚝𑚶𑚚𑚮 (Takri script)
க்³ரந்தி² (Tamil script)
గ్రన్థి (Telugu script)
คฺรนฺถิ (Thai script)
གྲ་ནྠི (Tibetan script)
𑒑𑓂𑒩𑒢𑓂𑒟𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨍𑩇𑨫𑨝𑩇𑨚𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root ग्रन्थ् (granth, “to tie, string together”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐn.tʰí/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐn̪.t̪ʰi/

Noun

ग्रन्थि • (granthí) stem, m

knot

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of ग्रन्थि
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ग्रन्थिः (granthíḥ)	ग्रन्थी (granthī́)	ग्रन्थयः (grantháyaḥ)
vocative	ग्रन्थे (gránthe)	ग्रन्थी (gránthī)	ग्रन्थयः (gránthayaḥ)
accusative	ग्रन्थिम् (granthím)	ग्रन्थी (granthī́)	ग्रन्थीन् (granthī́n)
instrumental	ग्रन्थिना (granthínā) ग्रन्थ्या¹ (granthyā́¹)	ग्रन्थिभ्याम् (granthíbhyām)	ग्रन्थिभिः (granthíbhiḥ)
dative	ग्रन्थये (grantháye)	ग्रन्थिभ्याम् (granthíbhyām)	ग्रन्थिभ्यः (granthíbhyaḥ)
ablative	ग्रन्थेः (granthéḥ)	ग्रन्थिभ्याम् (granthíbhyām)	ग्रन्थिभ्यः (granthíbhyaḥ)
genitive	ग्रन्थेः (granthéḥ)	ग्रन्थ्योः (granthyóḥ)	ग्रन्थीनाम् (granthīnā́m)
locative	ग्रन्थौ (granthaú) ग्रन्था¹ (granthā́¹)	ग्रन्थ्योः (granthyóḥ)	ग्रन्थिषु (granthíṣu)

¹Vedic

Descendants

Helu Prakrit:
- Sinhalese: ගැටය (gæṭaya)
Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: গাঁঠি (gãthi)
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀕𑀁𑀞𑀺 (gaṃṭhi)
- Central:
  - Eastern Hindi:
    - Chhattisgarhi: गांठ (gā̃ṭh)
  - Western Hindi:
    - Old Hindi: गांठि (gā̃ṭhi)
      - Braj: गांठ (gā̃ṭh)
      - Bundeli: गांठ (gā̃ṭh), गाँठ (gā̃ṭh)
      - Hindustani: gā̃ṭh
        Hindi: गाँठ
        Urdu: گَان٘ٹْھ
        → Garhwali: गाँठु (gā̃ṭhu), गाँठो (gā̃ṭho)
        → Nepali: गाँठो (gā̃ṭho)
- Eastern:
  - Assamese: গাঁঠি (gãthi)
  - Middle Bengali: গাঁটি (gãṭi), গাঁঠি (gãṭhi)
    - Bengali: গাঁট (gãṭ)
  - Bihari:
    - Bhojpuri: gā̃ṭh
      Kaithi script: 𑂏𑂰𑂀𑂘
      Devanagari script: गाँठ
    - Magahi: 𑂏𑂵𑂀𑂘 (gẽṭh)
    - Maithili: gā̃ṭh
      Devanagari script: गाँठ
      Tirhuta script: 𑒑𑒰𑒿𑒚
  - Odia: ଗଣ୍ଠି (gaṇṭhi), ଗଏଁଠ୍ (gaẽṭh)
- Northern:
  - Central Pahari:
    - Garhwali: गाँठ (gā̃ṭh), गाँठि (gā̃ṭhi), ग्यऽड़
  - Eastern Pahari:
    - Nepali: गानु (gānu), गानो (gāno)
  - Western Pahari:
    - Dogri: gaṇḍh
      Devanagari script: गंढ
      Dogra script: 𑠌𑠷𑠗
- Northwestern:
  - Old Punjabi: ਗੰਠਿ (gaṇṭhi), ਗੰਢਿ (gaṇḍhi), ਗਾਠਿ (gāṭhi)
    - Punjabi: gaṇḍh
      Gurmukhi script: ਗੰਢ
      Shahmukhi script: گَنڈھ
  - Saraiki:
    Devanagari script: गंढ (gaṇḍh), गन्ह (ganha), ॻंढ, ॻंढा
    Multani script: 𑊆𑊕𑊔 (gṇḍh), 𑊆𑊚𑊦 (gnh)
    Shahmukhi script: گَڈّْھ (gaḍḍh), گَنھہ (ganhh), ڳَنْڈھ (g̈anḍh), ڳَنْڈھا (g̈anḍhā)
  - Sindhi: g̈aṇḍhi
    Arabic script: ڳَنڍِ
    Devanagari script: ॻंढि
    Khudabadi script: 𑊽𑋟𑋋𑋡
- Southern:
  - Insular:
    - Dhivehi: ގޮށް (goṣ̊)
    - Sinhalese: ගැටය (gæṭaya)
  - Marathi-Konkani:
    - Konkani:
      Devanagari script: गांठ
      Latin script: gantth
    - Old Marathi:
      Devanagari script: गांटी (gāṃṭī), गाठि (gāṭhi), गांठि (gāṃṭhi), गांठी (gāṃṭhī)
      Modi script: 𑘐𑘰𑘽𑘘𑘲 (gāṃṭī), 𑘐𑘰𑘙𑘲 (gāṭhī), 𑘐𑘰𑘽𑘙𑘲 (gāṃṭhī)
      - Marathi: gāṭh
        Devanagari script: गाठ
        Modi script: 𑘐𑘰𑘙
      - Varhadi: gāṭh
        Devanagari script: गाठ
        Modi script: 𑘐𑘰𑘙
- Western:
  - Ahirani: गाट (gāṭ)
  - Gojri: گَٹْھ (gaṭh)
  - Gujarati: ગાંઠ (gā̃ṭh)
  - Malvi: गाँठ (gā̃ṭh)
  - Marwari:
    Devanagari script: गांठ (gā̃ṭh)
    Mahajani script: 𑅗𑅧𑅟 (gnṭh)
Paisaci Prakrit:
- Punjabi: ਗੰਢ (gaṇḍha, “knot”), ਗੱਠ (gaṭṭha, “fastening or tumor, cyst”)
Pali: gaṇṭhi
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀕𑀁𑀞𑀺 (gaṃṭhi)
- Gurjara Apabhramsa:
  - Gujarati: ગાંઠ (gā̃ṭh)
- Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
  - Hindustani:
    Hindi: गाँठ (gā̃ṭh)
    
    Urdu: گانٹھ (gā̃ṭh)
→ Assamese: গ্ৰন্থি (gronthi)
→ Hindi: ग्रंथि (granthi)
→ Khmer: គ្រន្ថី (krŭənthəy)
→ Malayalam: ഗ്രന്ഥി (granthi)
→ Tamil: கிரந்தி (kiranti)
→ Telugu: గ్రంథి (granthi)

References

“ग्रन्थि॑” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 159, column 2.
Monier Williams (1899) “I. Granthí”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 371, column 1.