ग्रहण

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ग्रहण (grahaṇa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡɾə.ɦəɳ/, [ɡɾɛ.ɦɛ̃ɳ]

Noun

ग्रहण • (grahaṇ) m

1. (astronomy) an eclipse
2. taking, catching; understanding

Declension

Declension of ग्रहण (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ग्रहण grahaṇ	ग्रहण grahaṇ
oblique	ग्रहण grahaṇ	ग्रहणों grahaṇõ
vocative	ग्रहण grahaṇ	ग्रहणो grahaṇo

Derived terms

• ग्रहण करना (grahaṇ karnā)

Marathi

Noun

ग्रहण • (grahaṇ) n

1. eclipse

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গ্ৰহণ (Assamese script)
• ᬕ᭄ᬭᬳᬡ (Balinese script)
• গ্রহণ (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰿𑰨𑰮𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑁆𑀭𑀳𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• ဂြဟဏ (Burmese script)
• ગ્રહણ (Gujarati script)
• ਗ੍ਰਹਣ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌹𑌣 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦿꦲꦟ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂹𑂩𑂯𑂝 (Kaithi script)
• ಗ್ರಹಣ (Kannada script)
• គ្រហណ (Khmer script)
• ຄ຺ຣຫຓ (Lao script)
• ഗ്രഹണ (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᡵᠠᡥᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘿𑘨𑘮𑘜 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠷᠠᠾᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧠𑧈𑧎𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑑂𑐬𑐴𑐞 (Newa script)
• ଗ୍ରହଣ (Odia script)
• ꢔ꣄ꢬꢲꢠ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑇀𑆫𑆲𑆟 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖿𑖨𑖮𑖜 (Siddham script)
• ග්‍රහණ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞 𑪙𑩼𑪂𑩪 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚶𑚤𑚩𑚘 (Takri script)
• க்³ரஹண (Tamil script)
• గ్రహణ (Telugu script)
• คฺรหณ (Thai script)
• གྲ་ཧ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑓂𑒩𑒯𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑩇𑨫𑨱𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

ग्रह् (grah, “to seize”) +‎ -अन (-ana).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐ.ɦɐ.ɳɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɐ.ɦɐ.ɳɐ/

Noun

ग्रहण • (grahaṇa) stem, n

1. eclipse
2. an act of receiving/taking

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of ग्रहण (grahaṇa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ग्रहणम् grahaṇam	ग्रहणे grahaṇe	ग्रहणानि / ग्रहणा¹ grahaṇāni / grahaṇā¹
Vocative	ग्रहण grahaṇa	ग्रहणे grahaṇe	ग्रहणानि / ग्रहणा¹ grahaṇāni / grahaṇā¹
Accusative	ग्रहणम् grahaṇam	ग्रहणे grahaṇe	ग्रहणानि / ग्रहणा¹ grahaṇāni / grahaṇā¹
Instrumental	ग्रहणेन grahaṇena	ग्रहणाभ्याम् grahaṇābhyām	ग्रहणैः / ग्रहणेभिः¹ grahaṇaiḥ / grahaṇebhiḥ¹
Dative	ग्रहणाय grahaṇāya	ग्रहणाभ्याम् grahaṇābhyām	ग्रहणेभ्यः grahaṇebhyaḥ
Ablative	ग्रहणात् grahaṇāt	ग्रहणाभ्याम् grahaṇābhyām	ग्रहणेभ्यः grahaṇebhyaḥ
Genitive	ग्रहणस्य grahaṇasya	ग्रहणयोः grahaṇayoḥ	ग्रहणानाम् grahaṇānām
Locative	ग्रहणे grahaṇe	ग्रहणयोः grahaṇayoḥ	ग्रहणेषु grahaṇeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Synonyms

• (eclipse): ग्रह m (graha)

Descendants

• Assamese: গহনা (gohona)
• Bengali: গয়না (goẏna)
• → Telugu: గ్రహణము (grahaṇamu)
• Malay: gerhana
  • → Indonesian: gerhana

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ग्रहण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 372/2.