घस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঘস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬖᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ঘস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰑𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀖𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဃသ် (Burmese script)
• ઘસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਘਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌘𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦓꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂐𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಘಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ឃស៑ (Khmer script)
• ຆສ຺ (Lao script)
• ഘസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢚᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘑𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠾᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦱𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐑𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଘସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢕꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆔𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖑𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ඝස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩟𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚍𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• க⁴ஸ் (Tamil script)
• ఘస్ (Telugu script)
• ฆสฺ (Thai script)
• གྷ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒒𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨎𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

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”). Within Iranian, cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬵 (gah, “to gorge”), Pashto غاښ (ǧâx̌, “tooth”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡʱɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡʱɐs̪/

Root

घस् • (ghas)

1. to consume, devour, eat

Usage notes

This is a defective root supplying aorist, perfect and desiderative of अद् (ad).

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root घस् (0 c, 4 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root घस् (7 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• घसति (ghasati, Present)
• अघस् (ághas, Aorist)
• अघसत् (ághasat, Aorist)
• जघास (jaghā́sa, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• अजीघसत् (ájīghasat, Causative Aorist)
• जिघत्सति (jíghatsati, Desiderative)

Non-Finite Forms

• ग्ध (gdha, Past Participle)
• जग्ध (jagdhá, Past Participle)
• जग्ध्वा (jagdhvā́, Gerund)
• जग्ध्वाय (jagdhvā́ya, Gerund)
• जिघत्सु (jighatsú, Desiderative Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• घस्वर (ghasvara)
• घास (ghāsá)
• जग्धि (jágdhi)
• सग्धि (ságdhi)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “घस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 377, column 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 42
• 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