Where does “અર્થ” come from?
અર્થ (Gujarati) comes from Sanskrit अर्थ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hártʰam, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ert-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.
અર્થ (Gujarati): meaning, definition
Ancestry of “અર્થ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | अर्थ | aim, purpose, meaning; advantage; profit |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hártʰam | affair, occurrence; object, thing; purpose |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ert- | earth |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁er- | earth |
Words derived from “અર્થ”