# अर्थ्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* অৰ্থ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬅᬃᬣ᭄ (Balinese script)
* অর্থ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰀𑰨𑰿𑰞𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀅𑀭𑁆𑀣𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* အရ်္ထ် (Burmese script)
* અર્થ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਅਰ੍ਥ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌅𑌰𑍍𑌥𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦂꦡ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂃𑂩𑂹𑂟𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಅರ್ಥ್ (Kannada script)
* អថ៌៑ (Khmer script)
* ອຣ຺ຖ຺ (Lao script)
* അര്ഥ് (Malayalam script)
* ᠠᡵᡨ (Manchu script)
* 𑘀𑘨𑘿𑘞𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠠᠷᠲ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦠𑧈𑧠𑦾𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐀𑐬𑑂𑐠𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଅର୍ଥ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢂꢬ꣄ꢢ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆃𑆫𑇀𑆡𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖀𑖨𑖿𑖞𑖿 (Siddham script)
* අර්‍ථ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩼 𑪙𑩬 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚀𑚤𑚶𑚚𑚶 (Takri script)
* அர்த்² (Tamil script)
* అర్థ్ (Telugu script)
* อรฺถฺ (Thai script)
* ཨ་རྠ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒁𑒩𑓂𑒟𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨫𑩇𑨚𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ert-.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐɾtʰ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɐɾt̪ʰ/

### Root

अर्थ् • (arth)
* to ask for, request
* to strive to obtain
* to desire, wish,
* to supplicate or entreat
* to point out the sense of, comment upon

#### Derived terms

* अत्यर्थ (atyartha, “beyond the proper worth: exorbitant, excessive”)
* अत्यर्थम् (atyartham, “excessively, exceedingly”)
* अन्वर्थ (anvartha, “following in meaning; intelligible, clear”)
* अर्थ (artha, “cause, motive, reason; advantage, utility; thing, object; substance, wealth; etc”)
* अर्थकृत् (arthakṛt, “profit-causing, useful”)
* अर्थघ्न (arthaghna, “destroying advantage, causing loss or damage”)
* अर्थचर्या (arthacaryā, “doing business, promoting another's affais”)
* अर्थचिन्ता (arthacintā, “attention or consideraton of affairs”)
* अर्थतस् (arthatas, “in fact, really, truly; for the profit of”)
* अर्थद (arthada, “conferring advantage, profitable, munificent”)
* अर्थदान (arthadāna, “donation of money, present; a present given with a (selfish) purpose”)
* अर्थना (arthanā, “request, entreaty”)
* अर्थनीय (arthanīya, “to be requested, asked for”)
* अर्थपति (arthapati, “lord of wealth, rich man, king”)
* अर्थबन्ध (arthabandha, “a word or sentence (binding the sense together)”)
* अर्थभेद (arthabheda, “distinction, difference in meaning”)
* अर्थमनस् (arthamanas, “having an aim in view”)
* अर्थमात्र (arthamātra, “property, money; being only the matter itself”)
* अर्थसंग्रह (arthasaṃgraha, “treasury; accumulation of wealth”)
* अर्थसार (arthasāra, “a considerable property”)
* अर्थहीन (arthahīna, “deprived of wealth, poor; meaningless, nonsensical”)
* अर्थात् (arthāt, “according to the sense, that is to say, as a matter of fact”)
* अर्थाभिपत्ति (arthābhipatti, “resulting from the facts”)
* इत्यर्थ (ityartha, “having such a sense or meaning”)
* इत्यर्थम् (ityartham, “for this purpose”)
* किमर्थम् (kimartham, “for what purpose, for what, why”)
* गुर्वर्थ (gurvartha, “deep meaning, important; anything related to one's guru”)
* गुर्वर्थम् (gurvartham, “for or on account of one's guru; for one's parents”)
* प्रार्थन (prārthana, “wish, desire, request”)
* प्रार्थ् (prārth, “to wish, ask a person”)
* व्यर्थ (vyartha, “useless, unprofitable, vain, unavailing; devoid of property or money; unmeaning, inconsistent”)
* समर्थ (samartha, “connected in se+nse, having a similar object; ability”)
* सार्थ (sārtha, “crowd, multitude”)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “अर्थ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 90.
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “326-332”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 326-332