गॄ

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”). Cognate with Latin voro, Ancient Greek βορά (borá), Old English *acweorran and Russian жрать (žratʹ).

Root

गॄ • (gṝ)

  1. devour
  2. eat
  3. swallow

Derived terms

References

  • 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 363/1
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