घृष्

See also: घोष

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • घर्ष् (gharṣ)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *gʰarṣ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarš-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrs-u-, a zero-grade form of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to rub, scrape, scratch”) in accordance with Weise's law.[1] Compare perhaps Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō, “to sharpen”), Proto-Slavic *gorxъ (“pea”), Tocharian B kärweñe (“stone”).

Root

घृष् • (ghṛṣ) (class 1)

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

Derived terms

  • घर्ष (gharṣa)
  • घर्षक (gharṣaka)
  • घर्षण (gharṣaṇa)
  • घर्षति (gharṣati)
  • घृषु (ghṛṣu)
  • घृष्वि (ghṛṣvi)

Descendants

  • Punjabi: ਘਿਸ (ghis, “rub”)

References

  1. Alwin Kloekhorst (2008 September) Weise's Law: depalatalization of palatovelars in Sanskrit, Salzburg, Austria, sourced from XIIIth International Conference of the Society of Indo-European Studies
  • Monier Williams (1899) “घृष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 379/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 513-514
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 358
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