अर्घ

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hargʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elgʷʰos (worth, price, value). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀλφή (alphḗ, gain), Lithuanian alga (wages), Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬘𐬀𐬵 (arəjah, value, price), Sogdian [script needed] ('rγ), Persian ارزش (arzeš, value), ارز (arz, currency).[1] Compare also Hungarian ár (price), an early Indo-Iranian borrowing.[2]

The Sanskrit root is अर्ह् (arh).[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

अर्घ (argha) m

  1. worth, value, price

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अर्घ
Nom. sg. अर्घः (arghaḥ)
Gen. sg. अर्घस्य (arghasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative अर्घः (arghaḥ) अर्घौ (arghau) अर्घाः (arghāḥ)
Vocative अर्घ (argha) अर्घौ (arghau) अर्घाः (arghāḥ)
Accusative अर्घम् (argham) अर्घौ (arghau) अर्घान् (arghān)
Instrumental अर्घेन (arghena) अर्घाभ्याम् (arghābhyām) अर्घैः (arghaiḥ)
Dative अर्घाय (arghāya) अर्घाभ्याम् (arghābhyām) अर्घेभ्यः (arghebhyaḥ)
Ablative अर्घात् (arghāt) अर्घाभ्याम् (arghābhyām) अर्घेभ्यः (arghebhyaḥ)
Genitive अर्घस्य (arghasya) अर्घयोः (arghayoḥ) अर्घानाम् (arghānām)
Locative अर्घे (arghe) अर्घयोः (arghayoḥ) अर्घेषु (argheṣu)

Descendants

References

  1. Puhvel, Jaan (1991) Hittite Etymological Dictionary, Mouton de Gruyter, page 41
  2. Entry #26 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  3. Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 89
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