गॄ

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *garH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *garH-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃-. Cognate with Latin voro, Ancient Greek βορά (borá), Old English acworren, Russian жрать (žratʹ).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡr̩ː/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡr̩ː/

Root

गॄ • (gṝ)

to devour
to eat
to swallow

Derived terms

गिरति (giráti, “to devour”)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “गॄ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 363/1.

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