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)

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