# घृ
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* घर् (ghar)

### Alternative scripts

* ঘৃ (Assamese script)
* ᬖᬺ (Balinese script)
* ঘৃ (Bengali script)
* 𑰑𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀖𑀾 (Brahmi script)
* ဃၖ (Burmese script)
* ઘૃ (Gujarati script)
* ਘ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌘𑍃 (Grantha script)
* ꦓꦽ (Javanese script)
* 𑂐𑃂 (Kaithi script)
* ಘೃ (Kannada script)
* ឃ្ឫ (Khmer script)
* ຆ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
* ഘൃ (Malayalam script)
* ᢚᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘑𑘵 (Modi script)
* ᠺᠾᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦱𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐑𑐺 (Newa script)
* ଘୃ (Odia script)
* ꢕꢺ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆔𑆸 (Sharada script)
* 𑖑𑖴 (Siddham script)
* ඝෘ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩟𑩙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚍 (Takri script)
* க்⁴ரி (Tamil script)
* ఘృ (Telugu script)
* ฆฺฤ (Thai script)
* གྷྲྀ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒒𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨎𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Root

घृ • (ghṛ)
* to besprinkle
* to wet, moisten

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

* जिघ॑र्ति (jígharti, Present)
* घरति (gharati, Present)

###### Secondary Forms

* घ्रियते (ghriyáte, Passive)
* घारयति (ghārayati, Causative)
* घार्यते (ghāryate, Passive of Causative)

###### Non-Finite Forms

* घृ॒त (ghṛtá, Past Participle)

###### Derived Nominal Forms

* अघारिन् (aghārín)
* घृ॒त (ghṛtá)
* जघ्रि (jághri)

###### Prefixed Root Forms

* आघृ (āghṛ)

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”).

#### Root

घृ • (ghṛ)
* to shine
* to burn

##### Usage notes

The verbs are not attested, only mentioned in the Dhātupāṭha.

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

* जिघर्ति (jigharti, Present)
* घृणोति (ghṛṇoti, Present)

###### Non-Finite Forms

* घृत (ghṛta, Past Participle)

###### Derived Nominal Forms

* घृण (ghṛṇá)
* घृणा (ghṛṇā́)
* घर्म (gharmá)
* घ्रंस (ghraṃsá)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “घृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 378/2.
* Monier Williams (1899) “घृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 379/1.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 43
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “घृ”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “घृ”, 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) “GHAR”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 512-513
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 357; 433
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “457”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 457
* Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 336