गृह्णाति
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- गृभ्णाति (gṛbhṇāti) – Rigvedic
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬕᬺᬳ᭄ᬡᬵᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
- গৃহ্ণাতি (Assamese script)
- গৃহ্ণাতি (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰴𑰮𑰿𑰜𑰯𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑀾𑀳𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌗𑍃𑌹𑍍𑌣𑌾𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ગૃહ્ણાતિ (Gujarati script)
- ꦒꦽꦲ꧀ꦟꦴꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
- ಗೃಹ್ಣಾತಿ (Kannada script)
- ဂၖဟ္ဏာတိ (Burmese script)
- 𑐐𑐺𑐴𑑂𑐞𑐵𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଗୃହ୍ଣାତି (Oriya script)
- ꢔꢺꢲ꣄ꢠꢵꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆸𑆲𑇀𑆟𑆳𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖴𑖮𑖿𑖜𑖯𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
- గృహ్ణాతి (Telugu script)
- གྲྀཧྞཱཏི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒵𑒯𑓂𑒝𑒰𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥bʰnáHti, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to grab, seize”). See गृभ्णाति (gṛbhṇāti) for cognates.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡr̩ɦ.ɳɑ́ː.t̪i/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡr̩ɦˈɳɑː.t̪i/
Verb
गृह्णाति • (gṛhṇā́ti) (root ग्रह्, class 9, type P)
- to grab, seize, take by the hand
- to grasp
- to capture, take prisoner, take captive
Descendants
- Dardic: *gahnáti
- Khotanese: گنِک (ganik, “to seize”)
- Kholosi: genai
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀕𑁂𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀇 (geṇhaï), 𑀕𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀇 (gaṇhaï)
- Konkani: घेव्चे (ghevce)
- Marathi: घेणे (gheṇe)
- Pali: gaṇhāti
Related terms
- गृभ्णाति (gṛbhṇāti)
- ग्रहण (grahaṇa)