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Sanskrit
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Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂elgʷʰ- (“to be worth; value; gain”). See अर्हति (arhati) and अर्घ (argha, “price, value”) for more.[1]
Pronunciation
Root
अर्ह् • (arh)
- to deserve, merit, be worthy of
- to have a claim to
- to be entitled to (accusative case)
- to be allowed to do anything
- to be obliged or required to do anything (accusative)
- to be worth, counterbalance, to be able
- to honor
Derived terms
- अर्कत् (arkat)
- अर्ह (arha, “meriting, deserving, worthy of; obliged, allowed; proper, fit”)
- अर्हक (arhaka, “entitled to”)
- अर्हण (arhaṇa, “deserving, meriting; being entitled to”)
- अर्हति (arhati)
- अर्हते (arhate)
- अर्हत् (arhat, “worthy, venerable; celebrated”)
- अर्हत्तम (arhattama, “most worthy, most venerable”)
- अर्हन्त (arhanta, “worthy, a buddha”)
- अर्हयेत् (arhayet)
- अर्हसि (arhasi)
- अर्हसे (arhase)
- अर्हित (arhita, “honored, worshipped”)
- आनर्हुः (ānarhuḥ)
- आनृहुः (ānṛhuḥ)
- आर्जिहत् (ārjihat)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “ARH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 124
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “अर्ह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 93/3.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 4