# गाह्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* গাহ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬕᬵᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
* গাহ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰐𑰯𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀕𑀸𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ဂါဟ် (Burmese script)
* ગાહ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਗਾਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌗𑌾𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦒꦴꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂏𑂰𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಗಾಹ್ (Kannada script)
* គាហ៑ (Khmer script)
* ຄາຫ຺ (Lao script)
* ഗാഹ് (Malayalam script)
* ᡤᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡥ (Manchu script)
* 𑘐𑘰𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠺᠠᢗᠾ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦰𑧑𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐐𑐵𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଗାହ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢔꢵꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆓𑆳𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖐𑖯𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
* ගාහ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩞𑩛𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚌𑚭𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
* க³ாஹ் (Tamil script)
* గాహ్ (Telugu script)
* คาหฺ (Thai script)
* གཱ་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒑𑒰𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨍𑨊𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Primarily inherited from Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷʰ⁾eh₂ǵʰ- / *gʷʰāh₂ǵʰ- (“to wade”); cognate with Persian آغاز (âğâz, “beginning, start”), Slovene gáziti (“to wade”). Forms with गभ्- (gabh-) or गम्भ्- (gambh-) are from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂bʰ- (“to submerge”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɡɑːɦ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɡɑːɦ/

### Root

गाह् • (gāh)
* to dive into, plunge into
* to penetrate, enter deeply into
* to roam, range, move
* to be absorbed in

#### Derived terms
##### Primary Verbal Forms

* गाहते (gā́hate, Present)
* गाहिष्यते (gāhiṣyáte, Future)
* गाढा (gāḍhā́, Periphrastic Future)
* गाहिता (gāhitā́, Periphrastic Future)
* आगाहिष्ट (āgāhiṣṭa, Aorist)
* जगाह (jagā́ha, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* गाह्यते (gāhyáte, Passive)
* गाहयति (gāháyati, Causative)
* अजीगहत् (ájīgahat, Causative Aorist)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* गाढ (gāḍhá, Past Participle)
* गाहित (gāhitá, Past Participle)
* गाहितुम् (gāhitum, Infinitive)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* गहन (gahana)
* गह्मन् (gahmán)
* गंह्मन् (gaṃhmán)
* गह्वर (gáhvara)
* गाह (gāhá)
* गाहन (gāhana)
* गाहनीय (gāhanī́ya)
* गम्भन् (gámbhan)
* गम्भर (gambhára)
* गम्भिष्ठ (gámbhiṣṭha)
* गभीर (gabhīrá)
* गम्भीर (gambhīrá)
* गभ्वर (gabhvara)
* गाध (gādhá)
* गाधन (gādhana)

#### Descendants
### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “गाह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0354/3.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “गाह्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 036
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “गाह्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 486
* Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 96