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.