गाहते

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

গাহতে (Assamese script)
ᬕᬵᬳᬢᬾ (Balinese script)
গাহতে (Bengali script)
𑰐𑰯𑰮𑰝𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀕𑀸𑀳𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
ဂါဟတေ (Burmese script)
ગાહતે (Gujarati script)
ਗਾਹਤੇ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌗𑌾𑌹𑌤𑍇 (Grantha script)
ꦒꦴꦲꦠꦺ (Javanese script)
𑂏𑂰𑂯𑂞𑂵 (Kaithi script)
ಗಾಹತೇ (Kannada script)
គាហតេ (Khmer script)
ຄາຫເຕ (Lao script)
ഗാഹതേ (Malayalam script)
ᡤᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡥᠠᢠᡝ (Manchu script)
𑘐𑘰𑘮𑘝𑘹 (Modi script)
ᠺᠠᢗᠾᠠᢐᠧ (Mongolian script)
𑦰𑧑𑧎𑦽𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
𑐐𑐵𑐴𑐟𑐾 (Newa script)
ଗାହତେ (Odia script)
ꢔꢵꢲꢡꢾ (Saurashtra script)
𑆓𑆳𑆲𑆠𑆼 (Sharada script)
𑖐𑖯𑖮𑖝𑖸 (Siddham script)
ගාහතෙ (Sinhalese script)
𑩞𑩛𑪂𑩫𑩔 (Soyombo script)
𑚌𑚭𑚩𑚙𑚲 (Takri script)
க³ாஹதே (Tamil script)
గాహతే (Telugu script)
คาหเต (Thai script)
གཱ་ཧ་ཏེ (Tibetan script)
𑒑𑒰𑒯𑒞𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
𑨍𑨊𑨱𑨙𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *gáHȷ́ʰatay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰáHȷ́ʰatay, from Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷʰ⁾éh₂ǵʰ-e-toy (“wades”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɑ́ː.ɦɐ.tɐj/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡɑː.ɦɐ.t̪eː/

Verb

गाहते • (gā́hate) third-singular indicative (class 1, type A, present, root गाह्)

to dive into, bathe in, plunge into [with accusative], penetrate, enter deeply into [with accusative]
- c. 700 BCE – 500 BCE, Aitareya Brāhmaṇa iii.48.9
- TāṇḍyaBr xivf
- Kauś
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
(with कक्षाम् (kakṣām)) to be a match for [with genitive]
- Vcar ii.11
to roam, range, rove
- Megh 49
- Pāṇ ii.4.30
- Kāś
- Bhaṭṭ
to be absorbed in [with accusative]
- Kum v.46

Conjugation

Present: गाहते (gāhate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	गाहते gāhate	गाहेते gāhete	गाहन्ते gāhante
Second	- -	- -	- -	गाहसे gāhase	गाहेथे gāhethe	गाहध्वे gāhadhve
First	- -	- -	- -	गाहे gāhe	गाहावहे gāhāvahe	गाहामहे gāhāmahe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	गाहताम् gāhatām	गाहेताम् gāhetām	गाहन्ताम् gāhantām
Second	- -	- -	- -	गाहस्व gāhasva	गाहेथाम् gāhethām	गाहध्वम् gāhadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	गाहै gāhai	गाहावहै gāhāvahai	गाहामहै gāhāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	गाहेत gāheta	गाहेयाताम् gāheyātām	गाहेरन् gāheran
Second	- -	- -	- -	गाहेथाः gāhethāḥ	गाहेयाथाम् gāheyāthām	गाहेध्वम् gāhedhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	गाहेय gāheya	गाहेवहि gāhevahi	गाहेमहि gāhemahi
Subjunctive
Third	- -	- -	- -	गाहाते / गाहातै gāhāte / gāhātai	गाहैते gāhaite	गाहन्त / गाहान्तै gāhanta / gāhāntai
Second	- -	- -	- -	गाहासे / गाहासै gāhāse / gāhāsai	गाहैथे gāhaithe	गाहाध्वै gāhādhvai
First	- -	- -	- -	गाहै gāhai	गाहावहै gāhāvahai	गाहामहै gāhāmahai
Participles
	- -			गाहमान gāhamāna
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit.

Imperfect: अगाहत (agāhata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	अगाहत agāhata	अगाहेताम् agāhetām	अगाहन्त agāhanta
Second	- -	- -	- -	अगाहथाः agāhathāḥ	अगाहेथाम् agāhethām	अगाहध्वम् agāhadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	अगाहे agāhe	अगाहावहि agāhāvahi	अगाहामहि agāhāmahi

Derived terms

अतिगाहते (atigāhate, “emerges over”)
अनुगाहते (anugāhate, “plunges after”)
अभिगाहते (abhigāhate, “penetrates into”)
अवगाहते (avagāhate, “plunges into”)
उद्गाहते (udgāhate, “emerges”)
उपगाहते (upagāhate, “penetrates”)
प्रगाहते (pragāhate, “dives into”)
प्रतिगाहते (pratigāhate, “enters”)
विगाहते (vigāhate, “plunges”)
संगाहते (saṃgāhate, “plunges”)

Descendants

Pali: गाहति (gāhati, “immerses”)
Sauraseni Prakrit: गाहदि (gāhadi, “dives into, seeks”)
- Hindi: गाहना (gāhnā, “to tread out”)
- Lahnda: [script needed] (g̠āhaṇ)
- Punjabi: ਗਾਹਣਾ (gāhṇā, “to tread out”)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “गाहते”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 354.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gā́hatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press