ग्रह्

See also: ग्रह and गिरिह

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

ग्रभ् (grabh) — Vedic
ग्लह् (glah)
गृह् (gṛh)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

গ্ৰহ্ (Assamese script)
ᬕ᭄ᬭᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
গ্রহ্ (Bengali script)
𑰐𑰿𑰨𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀕𑁆𑀭𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ဂြဟ် (Burmese script)
ગ્રહ્ (Gujarati script)
ਗ੍ਰਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦒꦿꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂏𑂹𑂩𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಗ್ರಹ್ (Kannada script)
គ្រហ៑ (Khmer script)
ຄ຺ຣຫ຺ (Lao script)
ഗ്രഹ് (Malayalam script)
ᡤᡵᠠᡥ (Manchu script)
𑘐𑘿𑘨𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠺᠷᠠᠾ (Mongolian script)
𑦰𑧠𑧈𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐐𑑂𑐬𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
ଗ୍ରହ୍ (Odia script)
ꢔ꣄ꢬꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆓𑇀𑆫𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖐𑖿𑖨𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
ග්‍රහ් (Sinhalese script)
𑩞 𑪙𑩼𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚌𑚶𑚤𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
க்³ரஹ் (Tamil script)
గ్రహ్ (Telugu script)
คฺรหฺ (Thai script)
གྲ་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒑𑓂𑒩𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨍𑩇𑨫𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebh₂-

Sanskrit ग्रह्

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *grabʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebh₂-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬡 (gar^əβ, “to seize”), English grab (a borrowing from another Germanic language), and Proto-Slavic *gràbiti (“to grab, seize”).^[1]

Pronunciation

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

Root

ग्रह् • (grah)

to seize, take

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

गृ॒ह्णाति॑ (gṛhṇā́ti, present)
गृभ्णाति (gṛbhṇāti, present)
ग्र॒ही॒ष्यति॑ (grahīṣyáti, future)
ग्र॒ही॒ता (grahītā́, periphrastic future)
अग्र॑हीत् (ágrahīt, aorist)
ज॒ग्राह॑ (jagrā́ha, perfect)

Secondary forms

गृ॒ह्यते॑ (gṛhyáte, passive)
ग्रा॒हय॑ति (grāháyati, causative)
अजि॑ग्रहत् (ájigrahat, causative aorist)
ग्राह्यते (grāhyate, passive of causative)
जिघृक्षति (jighṛkṣati, desiderative)

Non-finite forms

गृ॒ही॒त (gṛhītá, past participle)
ग्रही॑तुम् (gráhītum, infinitive)
गृ॒ही॒त्वा (gṛhītvā́, gerund)
गृह्य॑ (gṛ́hya, gerund)
ग्राह॑म् (grā́ham, gerund)
ग्रा॒ह्य॑ (grāhyà, gerundive)
गृह्य॑ (gṛ́hya, gerundive)
ग्रहीतव्य (grahītavya, gerundive)

Derived nominal forms

ग्रह (gráha, “seizing, laying hold of”)
ग्रहण (gráhaṇa, “seizing, holding”)
ग्रहणीय (grahaṇīya, “to be accepted as a rule or law, to be taken to heart”)
ग्रहि (grahi, “anything that holds or supports”)
फलग्रहिष्णु (phalagrahiṣṇu, “fruit-bearing, fruitful”)
ग्रहीतृ (grahītṛ, “one who takes or seizes”)
ग्राह (grāha, “seizing, holding, catching, receiving”)
ग्राहक (grāhaka, “one who seizes or takes captive”)
ग्राहिन् (grāhin, “seizing, taking, holding”)
ग्राहि (grā́hi, “female spirit seizing men”)
ग्राहुक (grāhuka, “seizing”)
गृह् (gṛh, “seizing (the mind), moving”)
पादगृह्य (pādagṛhya, “seizing by the foot”)
हस्तगृह्य (hastagṛhya, “having taken the hand”)
गृहु (gṛhú, “one who receives alms, beggar”)
गृहीति (gṛhīti, “seizing, taking”)
जिघृक्षा (jighṛkṣā, “wish or intention to take or seize”)
जिघृक्षु (jighṛkṣu, “intending to take or seize”)

Prefixed root forms

आग्रह् (āgrah)
प्रग्रह् (pragrah)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root ग्रह् (0 c, 8 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root ग्रह् (14 c, 0 e)

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “GRABH^I (~ GRAH^I)”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 505-7

Further reading

Monier Williams (1899), “ग्रह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 371, column 2.
William Dwight Whitney (1885), “grabh, grah, 'seize'”, in The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 40

Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “grah”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.