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घृष्

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See also: घोष

Sanskrit

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Indo-Aryan *gʰarṣ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarš-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰers- (to rub, scrape, scratch). Compare perhaps Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō, to sharpen), Proto-Slavic *gorxъ (pea), Tocharian B kärweñe (stone).

    Root

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    घृष् (ghṛṣ)

    1. to rub, brush, polish
    2. to grind, crush, pound

    Derived terms

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    Primary Verbal Forms
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    Non-Finite Forms
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    Prefixed Root Forms

    References

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    • Monier Williams (1899) “घृष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 379, column 2.
    • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 43
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 513-514