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^(key): /ɐɾtʰ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /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