गाह्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গাহ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬵᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
• গাহ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰯𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀸𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဂါဟ် (Burmese script)
• ગાહ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਗਾਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑌾𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦴꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂰𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಗಾಹ್ (Kannada script)
• គាហ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຄາຫ຺ (Lao script)
• ഗാഹ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡥ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘰𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠠᢗᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧑𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐵𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଗାହ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢵꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆳𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖯𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ගාහ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩛𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚭𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
• க³ாஹ் (Tamil script)
• గాహ్ (Telugu script)
• คาหฺ (Thai script)
• གཱ་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒰𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨊𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷʰ⁾eh₂ģʰ- / *gʷʰāh₂ģʰ- (“to wade”); cognate with Persian آغاز (âğâz, “beginning, start”), Slovene gáziti (“to wade”).

Pronunciation

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

Root

गाह् • (gāh)

1. to dive into, plunge into
2. to penetrate, enter deeply into
3. to roam, range, move
4. to be absorbed in

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root गाह्‎ (0 c, 3 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• गाहते (gā́hate, Present)
• गाहिष्यते (gāhiṣyáte, Future)
• गाढा (gāḍhā́, Periphrastic Future)
• गाहिता (gāhitā́, Periphrastic Future)
• आगाहिष्ट (āgāhiṣṭa, Aorist)
• जगाह (jagā́ha, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• गाह्यते (gāhyáte, Passive)
• गाहयति (gāháyati, Causative)
• अजीगहत् (ájīgahat, Causative Aorist)

Non-Finite Forms

• गाहितुम् (gāhitum, Infinitive)
• गाढ (gāḍhá, Past Participle)
• गाहित (gāhitá, Past Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• गहन (gahana)
• गह्मन् (gahmán)
• गंह्मन् (gaṃhmán)
• गह्वर (gáhvara)
• गाह (gāhá)
• गाहन (gāhana)
• गाहनीय (gāhanī́ya)
• गम्भन् (gámbhan)
• गम्भर (gambhára)
• गम्भिष्ठ (gámbhiṣṭha)
• गभीर (gabhīrá)
• गम्भीर (gambhīrá)
• गभ्वर (gabhvara)
• गाध (gādhá)
• गाधन (gādhana)

Descendants

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root गाह्‎ (2 c, 0 e)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गाह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0354/3.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “गाह्”, 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 036
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “गाह्”, 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
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 486
• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 96