द्रोघ

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰráwgʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrówgʰos (“lie, falsehood, deception”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬖𐬀 (draoγa), Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎢𐎥 (d-r-u-g /⁠drauga⁠/) (whence Persian دروغ (dorôğ)), Baluchi دروگ (darog, “lie”). See also द्रोह (droha) and द्रुह् (druh).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɾɐ́w.ɡʱɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɾoː.ɡʱɐ/

द्रोघ • (drógha) stem

1. deceitful, untrue, misleading
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.62.9:

     गम्भीराय रक्षसे हेतिमस्य द्रोघाय चिद्वचस आनवाय ॥

     gambhīrāya rakṣase hetimasya droghāya cidvacasa ānavāya.

     cast forth his weapon against the secret demon and against the lying words that strangers utter.

• द्रोघवाच् (droghavā́c, “using deceptive words”)
• द्रोघमित्र (dróghamitra, “deceptive or treacherous friend”)

• Monier Williams (1899) “द्रोघ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 502, column 3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “DROGH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 760