गधि
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- গধি (Assamese script)
- ᬕᬥᬶ (Balinese script)
- গধি (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰠𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑀥𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- ဂဓိ (Burmese script)
- ગધિ (Gujarati script)
- ਗਧਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑌧𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦣꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂡𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಗಧಿ (Kannada script)
- គធិ (Khmer script)
- ຄຘິ (Lao script)
- ഗധി (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᠠᢡᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘠𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠠᢑᠾᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧀𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑐢𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଗଧି (Odia script)
- ꢔꢤꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆣𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖠𑖰 (Siddham script)
- ගධි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩮𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚜𑚮 (Takri script)
- க³தி⁴ (Tamil script)
- గధి (Telugu script)
- คธิ (Thai script)
- ག་དྷི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒡𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨜𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gadʰí, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥dʰí (2nd person singular imperative of *gʷem- (“to come, arrive, go”)). Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬌𐬛𐬍 (gaidī, 2nd person singular imperative of 𐬔𐬀𐬨- (gam-)). Also compare the more common form गहि (gahí).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡɐ.dʱí/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡɐ.d̪ʱi/
Verb
गधि • (gadhí)
- second-person singular imperative of गम् (gam, “to come, arrive; to go”)
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.98.4:
- एन्द्र॑ नो गधि प्रि॒यः स॑त्रा॒जिद् अगो॑ह्यः ।
गि॒रिर् न वि॒श्वत॑स् पृ॒थुः पति॑र् दि॒वः ॥- éndra no gadhi priyáḥ satrājíd ágohyaḥ.
girír ná viśvátas pṛthúḥ pátir diváḥ. - Come unto us, O Indra, as a beloved one, still conquering, unconcealable,
Vast as a mountain spread on all sides, Lord of Heaven.
- éndra no gadhi priyáḥ satrājíd ágohyaḥ.
- एन्द्र॑ नो गधि प्रि॒यः स॑त्रा॒जिद् अगो॑ह्यः ।