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Sanskrit
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Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hr̥gʰaHy-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ergʰ- (“to move”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔρχομαι (érkhomai, “to go, come”), ὀρχέομαι (orkhéomai, “to dance, leap”); probably not related to Proto-Germanic *argaz (“unmanly, effeminate, cowardly”).
Pronunciation
Root
ऋघाय • (ṛghāya)
- to be passionate
- to rage, tremble
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “ऋघाय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 224/3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “ṛghāy°”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 249