ग्रन्थ्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

ग्रथ् (grath)

Alternative scripts

গ্ৰন্থ্ (Assamese script)
ᬕ᭄ᬭᬦ᭄ᬣ᭄ (Balinese script)
গ্রন্থ্ (Bengali script)
𑰐𑰿𑰨𑰡𑰿𑰞𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀕𑁆𑀭𑀦𑁆𑀣𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ဂြန္ထ် (Burmese script)
ગ્રન્થ્ (Gujarati script)
ਗ੍ਰਨ੍ਥ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦒꦿꦤ꧀ꦡ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂏𑂹𑂩𑂢𑂹𑂟𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಗ್ರನ್ಥ್ (Kannada script)
គ្រន្ថ៑ (Khmer script)
ຄ຺ຣນ຺ຖ຺ (Lao script)
ഗ്രന്ഥ് (Malayalam script)
ᡤᡵᠠᠨᡨ (Manchu script)
𑘐𑘿𑘨𑘡𑘿𑘞𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠺᠷᠠᠨᠲ (Mongolian script)
𑦰𑧠𑧈𑧁𑧠𑦾𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐐𑑂𑐬𑐣𑑂𑐠𑑂 (Newa script)
ଗ୍ରନ୍ଥ୍ (Odia script)
ꢔ꣄ꢬꢥ꣄ꢢ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆓𑇀𑆫𑆤𑇀𑆡𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖐𑖿𑖨𑖡𑖿𑖞𑖿 (Siddham script)
ග්‍රන්‍ථ් (Sinhalese script)
𑩞 𑪙𑩼𑩯 𑪙𑩬 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚌𑚶𑚤𑚝𑚶𑚚𑚶 (Takri script)
க்³ரந்த்² (Tamil script)
గ్రన్థ్ (Telugu script)
คฺรนฺถฺ (Thai script)
གྲ་ནྠ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒑𑓂𑒩𑒢𑓂𑒟𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨍𑩇𑨫𑨝𑩇𑨚𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *grantH- (“to tie (a knot)”), cognate to Persian (gereh, “knot”), with further origin uncertain. The traditional derivation from Proto-Indo-European *gre(n)tH- (“to tie”) (itself a hypothetical extension of Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to twist”)) would make the root cognate with Proto-Germanic *kradô (“wicker basket”), whence English cradle; however, this is not certain, as the Germanic word could very well be of substrate origin instead.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐntʰ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐn̪t̪ʰ/

Root

ग्रन्थ् • (granth)

to tie, fasten
to string together, arrange, connect in a regular series
to string words together, compose (a literary work)

Derived terms

ग्रन्थ (grantha, “a binding”)
ग्रन्थि (granthí, “a knot”)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “ग्रन्थ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0370/3.
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “ग्रन्थ्”, 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 039
Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “ग्रन्थ्”, 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
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 504-5
Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 122-3
Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0385-0390”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 0385-0390
Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 302