ग्रभ्

See also: गर्भ

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • গ্ৰভ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬕ᭄ᬭᬪ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • গ্রভ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰐𑰿𑰨𑰥𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀕𑁆𑀭𑀪𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ဂြဘ် (Burmese script)
  • ગ્રભ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਗ੍ਰਭ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌭𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦒꦿꦨ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂏𑂹𑂩𑂦𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಗ್ರಭ್ (Kannada script)
  • គ្រភ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ຄ຺ຣຠ຺ (Lao script)
  • ഗ്രഭ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᡤᡵᠠᢨ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘐𑘿𑘨𑘥𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠺᠷᠠᠪᠾ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦰𑧠𑧈𑧅𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐐𑑂𑐬𑐨𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଗ୍ରଭ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢔ꣄ꢬꢩ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆓𑇀𑆫𑆨𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖐𑖿𑖨𑖥𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • ග්‍රභ් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩞 𑪙𑩼𑩳 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚌𑚶𑚤𑚡𑚶 (Takri script)
  • க்³ரப்⁴ (Tamil script)
  • గ్రభ్ (Telugu script)
  • คฺรภฺ (Thai script)
  • གྲ་བྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒑𑓂𑒩𑒦𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨍𑩇𑨫𑨡𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *grabʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬡 (garəβ, “to seize”), English grab (a borrowing from another Germanic language), and Proto-Slavic *gràbiti (“to grab, seize”).

Pronunciation

Root

ग्रभ् • (grabh)

  1. to seize

Derived terms
  • अग्रभण (agrabhaṇa, “having nothing which can be grasped”)
  • गृभ (gṛbhá, “dwelling-place”)
  • गृभि (gṛ́bhi, “holding, containing”)
  • गृभीत (gṛbhītá, “seized”)
  • गृभ् (gṛbh, “grasping, seizing”)
  • गृभ्णाति (gṛbhṇā́ti, “he seizes”)
  • ग्रभ (grábha, “taking possession”)
  • ग्रभीतृ (grabhītṛ, “one who seizes”)
  • ग्राभ (grābha, ““one who seizes”, a demon causing diseases”)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “ग्रभ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 371/2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 40
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 505-7
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