gaṇhāti

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀕𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• गण्हाति (Devanagari script)
• গণ্হাতি (Bengali script)
• ගණ‍්හාති (Sinhalese script)
• ဂဏှာတိ or ၷꧣှႃတိ (Burmese script)
• คณฺหาติ or คัณหาติ (Thai script)
• ᨣᨱ᩠ᩉᩣᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄຓ຺ຫາຕິ or ຄັຓຫາຕິ (Lao script)
• គណ្ហាតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄕𑄴𑄦𑄂𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• gaṇhati (Latin script)
• 𑀕𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• गण्हति (Devanagari script)
• গণ্হতি (Bengali script)
• ගණ‍්හති (Sinhalese script)
• ဂဏှတိ or ၷꧣှတိ (Burmese script)
• คณฺหติ or คัณหะติ (Thai script)
• ᨣᨱ᩠ᩉᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄຓ຺ຫຕິ or ຄັຓຫະຕິ (Lao script)
• គណ្ហតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄕𑄴𑄦𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गृह्णाति (gṛhṇāti, “to seize”).

Verb

gaṇhāti (root gah, fifth conjugation)

1. to take
2. to obtain
3. to comprehend

Conjugation

Conjugation of "gaṇhāti"

	Active		Middle
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Present
1st	gaṇhāmi	gaṇhāma	gaṇhe	gaṇhāmhe
2nd	gaṇhāsi or gaṇhasi	gaṇhātha or gaṇhatha	gaṇhase	gaṇhavhe
3rd	gaṇhāti or gaṇhati	gaṇhanti	gaṇhate	gaṇhante or gaṇhare
Imperative
1st	gaṇhāmi	gaṇhāma	gaṇhe	gaṇhāmase
2nd	gaṇhā or gaṇhāhi or gaṇha	gaṇhātha or gaṇhatha	gaṇhassu	gaṇhavho
3rd	gaṇhātu or gaṇhatu	gaṇhantu	gaṇhataṃ	gaṇhantaṃ
Optative
1st	gaṇheyyāmi or gaṇheyyaṃ or gaṇhe	gaṇheyyāma
2nd	gaṇheyyāsi or gaṇhe	gaṇheyyātha
3rd	gaṇheyya or gaṇhe	gaṇheyyuṃ
Aorist
1st	gaṇhiṃ or aggahesiṃ or aggahiṃ	gaṇhimha or aggahimha
2nd	gaṇhi or aggahesi or aggahi	gaṇhittha or aggahittha
3rd	gaṇhi or aggahesi or aggahi	gaṇhiṃsu or aggahesuṃ or aggahiṃsu

• Present active participle: gaṇhant, which see for forms and usage
• Present middle participle: gaṇhamāna, which see for forms and usage
• Past passive participle: gahita, gahīta, which see for forms and usage
• Gerundive: gahetabba, which see for forms and usage

Derived terms

• niggaṇhāti, niggaṇhati