घस्

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Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰas- (“to eat, gorge”), of unknown origin, with numerous unconvincing attempts to connect the root to terms including Latin hostia (“sacrifice”) and Tocharian B kest (“hunger”).[1] Within Iranian, cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬵 (gah, “to gorge”), Pashto غاښ (ǧâx̌, “tooth”).[2]

    Pronunciation

    Root

    घस् • (ghas)

    1. to consume, devour, eat

    Usage notes

    This is a defective root supplying aorist, perfect and desiderative of अद् (ad).

    Derived terms

    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root घस् (0 c, 4 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root घस् (3 c, 0 e)
    Primary Verbal Forms
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    References

    • Monier Williams (1899) “घस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 377, column 1.
    • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “घस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
    • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 42
    • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “घस्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “GHAS”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 514
    2. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 93
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