ग्रभ्

See also: गर्भ

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• ग्रह् (grah)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গ্ৰভ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬕ᭄ᬭᬪ᭄ (Balinese script)
• গ্রভ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰿𑰨𑰥𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑁆𑀭𑀪𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဂြဘ် (Burmese script)
• ગ્રભ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਗ੍ਰਭ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌭𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦿꦨ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂹𑂩𑂦𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಗ್ರಭ್ (Kannada script)
• គ្រភ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຄ຺ຣຠ຺ (Lao script)
• ഗ്രഭ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᡵᠠᢨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘿𑘨𑘥𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠷᠠᠪᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧠𑧈𑧅𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑑂𑐬𑐨𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଗ୍ରଭ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢔ꣄ꢬꢩ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑇀𑆫𑆨𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖿𑖨𑖥𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ග්‍රභ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞 𑪙𑩼𑩳 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚶𑚤𑚡𑚶 (Takri script)
• க்³ரப்⁴ (Tamil script)
• గ్రభ్ (Telugu script)
• คฺรภฺ (Thai script)
• གྲ་བྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑓂𑒩𑒦𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑩇𑨫𑨡𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *grabʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬡 (gar^əβ, “to seize”), English grab (a borrowing from another Germanic language), and Proto-Slavic *gràbiti (“to grab, seize”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐbʱ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐbʱ/

Root

ग्रभ् • (grabh)

1. to seize

Derived terms

• अग्रभण (agrabhaṇa, “having nothing which can be grasped”)
• गृभ (gṛbhá, “dwelling-place”)
• गृभि (gṛ́bhi, “holding, containing”)
• गृभीत (gṛbhītá, “seized”)
• गृभ् (gṛbh, “grasping, seizing”)
• गृभ्णाति (gṛbhṇā́ti, “he seizes”)
• ग्रभ (grábha, “taking possession”)
• ग्रभीतृ (grabhītṛ, “one who seizes”)
• ग्राभ (grābha, ““one who seizes”, a demon causing diseases”)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ग्रभ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 371/2.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 40
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 505-7