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Hindi
Pronunciation
Noun ग्रन्थ • (granth ) m
Alternative spelling of ग्रंथ ( granth )
Declension
Declension of ग्रन्थ (masc cons-stem )
singular
plural
direct
ग्रन्थ granth
ग्रन्थ granth
oblique
ग्रन्थ granth
ग्रन्थों granthõ
vocative
ग्रन्थ granth
ग्रन्थो grantho
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Etymology From the root ग्रन्थ् ( granth , “ to tie together ” ) . Possibly cognate with English cart crate cradle
Pronunciation
Noun ग्रन्थ • (grantha ) stem , m
tying , binding , stringing together= ग्रन्थि ( granthí ) , a knot
honeycomb an artificial arrangement of words, (especially of 32 syllables = श्लोक ( śloka ) ), verse , composition , treatise , literary production , book in prose or verse, text (opposed to अर्थ ( artha , “ meaning ” ) )
verse composition , treatise , literary production, book in prose or verse, texta section
Guru Granth Sahib , the book or sacred scriptures of the Sikhs containing short moral poems by Nanak Shah and otherswealth , property
Declension
Descendants Dardic:
Pali: gantha
Prakrit: 𑀕𑀀𑀣 ( gam̐tha ) Central:
Sauraseni Prakrit:Hindustani: gath
Old Gujarati:
Eastern:
Northern:
Southern:
Western:
Paisaci Prakrit:Takka Apabhramsa:Old Punjabi: ਗੱਥੁ ( gatthu ) Punjabi:Gurmukhi script: ਗਥ
Shahmukhi script: گَتھ
Vracada Apabhramsa:
→ Assamese: গ্ৰন্থ ( grontho ) → Hindi: ग्रन्थ ( granth ) → Dhivehi: ގުރަނދަ ( guraⁿda ) ( learned ) → Middle Chinese:伽蘭他 MC → Malayalam: ഗ്രന്ഥം ( granthaṁ ) → Marathi: ग्रन्थ ( grantha ) → Tamil: கிரந்தம் ( kirantam ) → Telugu: గ్రంథము ( granthamu ) Nusantaro-Maharlikan:
Malay:
→ Javanese: ꦒꦿꦤ꧀ꦡ ( granța ) → Balinese: ᬕ᭄ᬭᬦ᭄ᬣ → Sundanese: ᮌᮢᮔ᮪ᮒ ( granta ) → Tocharian A: granth ( learned ) → Tocharian B: krānt ( learned )
References Monier Williams (1899 ) “ग्रन्थ ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press , →OCLC 0371/1 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985 ) “grantha ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages , London: Oxford University Press, page 233