रह्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰহ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
• রহ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ရဟ် (Burmese script)
• રહ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਰਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ರಹ್ (Kannada script)
• រហ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຣຫ຺ (Lao script)
• രഹ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠠᡥ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠠᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
• ରହ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢬꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
• රහ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
• ரஹ் (Tamil script)
• రహ్ (Telugu script)
• รหฺ (Thai script)
• ར་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *raȷ́ʰ-, with further origin uncertain. Mayrhofer tentatively derived the root from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lay”) originally, but later doubts this derivation. Cognate with Persian راز (râz).

Pronunciation

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

Root

रह् • (rah)

1. to part, separate
2. to leave, quit, or abandon

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root रह् (0 c, 1 e)

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

Primary Verbal Forms

• रहति (ráhati, Present)
• रहिष्यति (rahiṣyáti, Future)
• रहिता (rahitā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अरहीत् (árahīt, Aorist)
• रराह (rarā́ha, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• रहयति (rahayati, Causative)
• अरीरहत् (árīrahat, Causative Aorist)

Non-Finite Forms

• रहित (rahitá, Past Participle)
• रहितुम् (rahitum, Infinitive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• रह (raha)
• रहिन् (rahin)
• रहण (rahaṇa)
• रहस् (rahas)
• रहस्य (rahasya)
• रहस्यु (rahasyu)

Descendants

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

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “रह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 871/1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 138
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “rasā́- - RĀ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 442
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 49
• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 322