घृष्

See also: घोष

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• घर्ष् (gharṣ)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঘৃষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬖᬺᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ঘৃষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰑𑰴𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀖𑀾𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဃၖၑ် (Burmese script)
• ઘૃષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਘ੍ਰਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌘𑍃𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦓꦽꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂐𑃂𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಘೃಷ್ (Kannada script)
• ឃ្ឫឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຆ຺ຣິຩ຺ (Lao script)
• ഘൃഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢚᡵᡳᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘑𑘵𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠾᠷᠢᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦱𑧖𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐑𑐺𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଘୃଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢕꢺꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆔𑆸𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖑𑖴𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ඝෘෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩟𑩙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚍𑚶 (Takri script)
• க்⁴ரிஷ் (Tamil script)
• ఘృష్ (Telugu script)
• ฆฺฤษฺ (Thai script)
• གྷྲྀ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒒𑒵𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨎𑨼𑨉𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

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. 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

• 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^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 513-514
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 358