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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
অৰ্ঘ ( Assamese script ) ᬅᬃᬖ ( Balinese script ) অর্ঘ ( Bengali script ) 𑰀𑰨𑰿𑰑 ( Bhaiksuki script ) 𑀅𑀭𑁆𑀖 ( Brahmi script ) အရ်္ဃ ( Burmese script ) અર્ઘ ( Gujarati script ) ਅਰ੍ਘ ( Gurmukhi script ) 𑌅𑌰𑍍𑌘 ( Grantha script ) ꦄꦂꦓ ( Javanese script ) 𑂃𑂩𑂹𑂐 ( Kaithi script ) ಅರ್ಘ ( Kannada script ) អឃ៌ ( Khmer script ) ອຣ຺ຆ ( Lao script ) അര്ഘ ( Malayalam script ) ᠠᡵᢚᠠ ( Manchu script ) 𑘀𑘨𑘿𑘑 ( Modi script ) ᠠᠷᠺᠾᠠ᠋ ( Mongolian script ) 𑦠𑧈𑧠𑦱 ( Nandinagari script ) 𑐀𑐬𑑂𑐑 ( Newa script ) ଅର୍ଘ ( Odia script ) ꢂꢬ꣄ꢕ ( Saurashtra script ) 𑆃𑆫𑇀𑆔 ( Sharada script ) 𑖀𑖨𑖿𑖑 ( Siddham script ) අර්ඝ ( Sinhalese script ) 𑩐𑩼 𑪙𑩟 ( Soyombo script ) 𑚀𑚤𑚶𑚍 ( Takri script ) அர்க⁴ ( Tamil script ) అర్ఘ ( Telugu script ) อรฺฆ ( Thai script ) ཨ་རྒྷ ( Tibetan script ) 𑒁𑒩𑓂𑒒 ( Tirhuta script ) 𑨀𑨫𑩇𑨎 ( Zanabazar Square script )
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hargʰás ( “ price, value ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elgʷʰós , from *h₂elgʷʰ- ( “ to cost, have value ” ) . Cognate with Ossetian аргъ ( arǧ ) , Sogdian ( 'rγ ) , Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬘𐬀𐬵 ( arə jah , “ value, price ” ) , Persian ارزش ( arzeš , “ value ” ) , ارز ( arz , “ currency ” ) , Ancient Greek ἀλφή ( alphḗ , “ gain ” ) , Lithuanian alga ( “ wages ” ) . Compare also Hungarian ár ( “ price ” ) , an early Indo-Iranian borrowing.
The Sanskrit root is अर्ह् ( arh ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
अर्घ • (arghá ) stem , m
worth , value , price
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Pali: aggha
Prakrit: 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀖 ( aggha )
Central:
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀖 ( aggha )
Braj: आघु ( āghu , “ price ” )
Hindustani: āgh
Hindi: आघ
Urdu: آگھ ( āgh )
Eastern:
Southern:
Helu Prakrit:
Dhivehi: އަގު ( agu )
Sinhalese: අගය ( agaya )
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀖 ( aggha )
Western:
Paisaci Prakrit:
Takka Apabhramsa:
Punjabi: aggha
Gurmukhi script: ਅੱਘ
Shahmukhi script: اگّھَ
Vracada Apabhramsa:
Sindhi: aghu
Sindhi: اگھُ
Sindhi: अघु
→ Bengali: অর্ঘ্য ( orggho )
→ Telugu: అర్ఘము ( arghamu )
→ Old Malay:
→ Thai: อรรฆ ( àk )
→ Waray-Waray: halaga
References
^ Puhvel, Jaan (1991 ) Hittite Etymological Dictionary , Mouton de Gruyter, page 41
^ Entry #26 in Uralonet , online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics .
^ Monier Williams (1899 ) “अर्घ ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press , →OCLC , page 89 .