# अर्घ
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* অৰ্ঘ (Assamese script)
* ᬅᬃᬖ (Balinese script)
* অর্ঘ (Bengali script)
* 𑰀𑰨𑰿𑰑 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀅𑀭𑁆𑀖 (Brahmi script)
* အရ်္ဃ (Burmese script)
* અર્ઘ (Gujarati script)
* ਅਰ੍ਘ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌅𑌰𑍍𑌘 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦂꦓ (Javanese script)
* 𑂃𑂩𑂹𑂐 (Kaithi script)
* ಅರ್ಘ (Kannada script)
* អឃ៌ (Khmer script)
* ອຣ຺ຆ (Lao script)
* അര്ഘ (Malayalam script)
* ᠠᡵᢚᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘀𑘨𑘿𑘑 (Modi script)
* ᠠᠷᠺᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦠𑧈𑧠𑦱 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐀𑐬𑑂𑐑 (Newa script)
* ଅର୍ଘ (Odia script)
* ꢂꢬ꣄ꢕ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆃𑆫𑇀𑆔 (Sharada script)
* 𑖀𑖨𑖿𑖑 (Siddham script)
* අර්‍ඝ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩼 𑪙𑩟 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚀𑚤𑚶𑚍 (Takri script)
* அர்க⁴ (Tamil script)
* అర్ఘ (Telugu script)
* อรฺฆ (Thai script)
* ཨ་རྒྷ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒁𑒩𑓂𑒒 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨫𑩇𑨎 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hargʰás (“price, value”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elgʷʰós, from *h₂elgʷʰ- (“to cost, have value”). Cognate with Ossetian аргъ (arǧ), Sogdian [script needed] ('rγ), Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬘𐬀𐬵 (ar$^ə$jah, “value, price”), Persian ارزش (arzeš, “value”), ارز (arz, “currency”), Ancient Greek ἀλφή (alphḗ, “gain”), Lithuanian alga (“wages”). Compare also Hungarian ár (“price”), an early Indo-Iranian borrowing.
The Sanskrit root is अर्ह् (arh).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐɾ.ɡʱɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɐɾ.ɡʱɐ/

### Noun

अर्घ • (arghá) stem, m
* worth, value, price

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Derived terms

* धनार्घ (dhanārghá)
* शतार्घ (śatārghá)
* सहस्रार्घ (sahasrārghá)

#### Related terms

* अर्हति (arhati)

#### Descendants

* Pali: aggha
** → Khmer: អគ្ឃ (ʼɑkkhɔɔ)
* Prakrit: 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀖 (aggha)
** Central:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀖 (aggha)
**** Braj: आघु (āghu, “price”)
**** Hindustani: āgh
***** Hindi: आघ
***** Urdu: آگھ (āgh)
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Bihari:
***** Maithili: आघी (āghī)
** Southern:
*** Helu Prakrit:
**** Dhivehi: އަގު (agu)
**** Sinhalese: අගය (agaya)
*** Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀖 (aggha)
** Western:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Takka Apabhramsa:
***** Punjabi: aggha
    Gurmukhi script: ਅੱਘ
    Shahmukhi script: اگّھَ
****** Lahnda: اگھ (aggh)
**** Vracada Apabhramsa:
***** Sindhi: aghu
    Sindhi: اگھُ
    Sindhi: अघु
* → Bengali: অর্ঘ্য (orggho)
* → Telugu: అర్ఘము (arghamu)
* → Old Malay:
** Malay: harga
*** Indonesian: harga
*** Javanese: rega
*** → Lao: ຮາຄາ (hā khā), ລາຄາ (lā khā)
*** → Thai: ราคา (raa-kaa)
** → Tagalog: halaga
* → Thai: อรรฆ (àk)
* → Waray-Waray: halaga

### References

* ↑ Puhvel, Jaan (1991) Hittite Etymological Dictionary, Mouton de Gruyter, page 41
* ↑ Entry #26 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “arghá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 114
* ↑ Monier Williams (1899) “अर्घ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 89/3.

### Further reading

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “argha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 28