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Sanskrit
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Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *gʰarṣ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarš-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrs-u-, a zero-grade form of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to rub, scrape, scratch”) in accordance with Weise's law.[1] Compare perhaps Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō, “to sharpen”), Proto-Slavic *gorxъ (“pea”), Tocharian B kärweñe (“stone”).
Root
घृष् • (ghṛṣ) (class 1)
- to rub, brush, polish
- to grind, crush, pound
Derived terms
Descendants
- Punjabi: ਘਿਸ (ghis, “rub”)
References
- ^ Alwin Kloekhorst (2008 September) Weise's Law: depalatalization of palatovelars in Sanskrit, Salzburg, Austria, sourced from XIIIth International Conference of the Society of Indo-European Studies
- Monier Williams (1899) “घृष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 379/2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 513-514
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 358