# ग्रह्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* ग्रभ् (grabh) — Vedic
* ग्लह् (glah)
* गृह् (gṛh)

### Alternative scripts

* গ্ৰহ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬕ᭄ᬭᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
* গ্রহ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰐𑰿𑰨𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀕𑁆𑀭𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ဂြဟ် (Burmese script)
* ગ્રહ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਗ੍ਰਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦒꦿꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂏𑂹𑂩𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಗ್ರಹ್ (Kannada script)
* គ្រហ៑ (Khmer script)
* ຄ຺ຣຫ຺ (Lao script)
* ഗ്രഹ് (Malayalam script)
* ᡤᡵᠠᡥ (Manchu script)
* 𑘐𑘿𑘨𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠺᠷᠠᠾ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦰𑧠𑧈𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐐𑑂𑐬𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଗ୍ରହ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢔ꣄ꢬꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆓𑇀𑆫𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖐𑖿𑖨𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
* ග්‍රහ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩞 𑪙𑩼𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚌𑚶𑚤𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
* க்³ரஹ் (Tamil script)
* గ్రహ్ (Telugu script)
* คฺรหฺ (Thai script)
* གྲ་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒑𑓂𑒩𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨍𑩇𑨫𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *grabʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebh₂-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬡 (gar$^ə$β, “to seize”), English grab (a borrowing from another Germanic language), and Proto-Slavic *gràbiti (“to grab, seize”).

### Pronunciation

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

### Root

ग्रह् • (grah)
* to seize, take

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

* गृह्णाति (gṛhṇā́ti, Present)
* ग्रहीष्यति (grahīṣyáti, Future)
* ग्रहीता (grahītā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अग्रहीत् (ágrahīt, Aorist)
* जग्राह (jagrā́ha, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* गृह्यते (gṛhyáte, Passive)
* ग्राहयति (grāháyati, Causative)
* अजिग्रहत् (ájigrahat, Causative Aorist)
* ग्राह्यते (grāhyate, Passive of Causative)
* जिघृक्षति (jighṛkṣati, Desiderative)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* गृहीत (gṛhītá, Past Participle)
* ग्रहीतुम् (gráhītum, Infinitive)
* गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā́, Gerund)
* गृह्य (gṛ́hya, Gerund)
* ग्राहम् (grā́ham, Gerund)
* ग्राह्य (grāhyà, Gerundive)
* गृह्य (gṛ́hya, Gerundive)
* ग्रहीतव्य (grahītavya, Gerundive)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* ग्रह (gráha, “seizing, laying hold of”)
* ग्रहण (gráhaṇa, “seizing, holding”)
* ग्रहणीय (grahaṇīya, “to be accepted as a rule or law, to be taken to heart”)
* ग्रहि (grahi, “anything that holds or supports”)
* फलग्रहिष्णु (phalagrahiṣṇu, “fruit-bearing, fruitful”)
* ग्रहीतृ (grahītṛ, “one who takes or seizes”)
* ग्राह (grāha, “seizing, holding, catching, receiving”)
* ग्राहक (grāhaka, “one who seizes or takes captive”)
* ग्राहिन् (grāhin, “seizing, taking, holding”)
* ग्राहि (grā́hi, “female spirit seizing men”)
* ग्राहुक (grāhuka, “seizing”)
* गृह् (gṛh, “seizing (the mind), moving”)
* पादगृह्य (pādagṛhya, “seizing by the foot”)
* हस्तगृह्य (hastagṛhya, “having taken the hand”)
* गृहु (gṛhú, “one who receives alms, beggar”)
* गृहीति (gṛhīti, “seizing, taking”)
* जिघृक्षा (jighṛkṣā, “wish or intention to take or seize”)
* जिघृक्षु (jighṛkṣu, “intending to take or seize”)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “ग्रह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 371, column 2.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 40
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “grah”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “GRABH$^I$”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 505-7