गॄ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *garH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *garH-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-.

Alternative forms

Root

गॄ • (gṝ)

  1. to invoke, call
  2. to welcome, pronounce
Derived terms

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “गॄ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 363/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 38
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 468-9

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *garH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *garH-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃-. Cognate with Latin voro, Ancient Greek βορά (borá), Old English acworren, Russian жрать (žratʹ).

Alternative forms

Root

गॄ • (gṝ)

  1. to devour
  2. to eat
  3. to swallow
Derived terms
  • गर (gará)
  • गिरति (giráti)
  • गिरते (girate)
  • गिलति (gilati)
  • जगार (jagāra)
  • जिगरिषति (jigariṣati)
  • जेगिल्यते (jegilyate)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “गॄ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 363/1.
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