गाह्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

গাহ্ (Assamese script)
ᬕᬵᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
গাহ্ (Bengali script)
𑰐𑰯𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀕𑀸𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ဂါဟ် (Burmese script)
ગાહ્ (Gujarati script)
ਗਾਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌗𑌾𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦒꦴꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂏𑂰𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಗಾಹ್ (Kannada script)
គាហ៑ (Khmer script)
ຄາຫ຺ (Lao script)
ഗാഹ് (Malayalam script)
ᡤᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡥ (Manchu script)
𑘐𑘰𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠺᠠᢗᠾ (Mongolian script)
𑦰𑧑𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐐𑐵𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
ଗାହ୍ (Odia script)
ꢔꢵꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆓𑆳𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖐𑖯𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
ගාහ් (Sinhalese script)
𑩞𑩛𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚌𑚭𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
க³ாஹ் (Tamil script)
గాహ్ (Telugu script)
คาหฺ (Thai script)
གཱ་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒑𑒰𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨍𑨊𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Primarily inherited from Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷʰ⁾eh₂ǵʰ- / *gʷʰāh₂ǵʰ- (“to wade”); cognate with Persian (âġâz, “beginning, start”), Slovene gáziti (“to wade”). Forms with गभ्- (gabh-) or गम्भ्- (gambh-) are from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂bʰ- (“to submerge”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːɦ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːɦ/

Root

गाह् • (gāh)

to dive into, plunge into
to penetrate, enter deeply into
to roam, range, move
to be absorbed in

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

गाह॑ते (gā́hate, present)
गा॒हि॒ष्यते॑ (gāhiṣyáte, future)
गा॒ढा (gāḍhā́, periphrastic future)
गा॒हि॒ता (gāhitā́, periphrastic future)
आगाहिष्ट (āgāhiṣṭa, aorist)
ज॒गाह॑ (jagā́ha, perfect)

Secondary forms

गा॒ह्यते॑ (gāhyáte, passive)
गा॒हय॑ति (gāháyati, causative)
अजी॑गहत् (ájīgahat, causative aorist)

Non-finite forms

गा॒ढ (gāḍhá, past participle)
गा॒हि॒त (gāhitá, past participle)
गाहितुम् (gāhitum, infinitive)

Derived nominal forms

गहन (gahana)
ग॒ह्मन् (gahmán)
गं॒ह्मन् (gaṃhmán)
गह्व॑र (gáhvara)
गा॒ह (gāhá)
गाहन (gāhana)
गा॒ह॒नीय॑ (gāhanī́ya)
गम्भ॑न् (gámbhan)
ग॒म्भर॑ (gambhára)
गम्भि॑ष्ठ (gámbhiṣṭha)
ग॒भी॒र (gabhīrá)
ग॒म्भी॒र (gambhīrá)
गभ्वर (gabhvara)
गा॒ध (gādhá)
गाधन (gādhana)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root गाह् (0 c, 5 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root गाह् (4 c, 0 e)

Descendants

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root गाह् (4 c, 0 e)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “गाह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0354/3.
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “गाह्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 036

Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “गाह्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 486
Cheung, Johnny (2007), Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 96