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घ 1. the 4th consonant of the Sanskṛt alphabet (aspirate of the preceding). घ n. 2.ind. (used to lay stress on a word) at least, surely, verily, indeed, especially (= Gk. γε), [RV.] ; [AV. v, 13, 10 & 11; vi, 1, 3.] In the संहिता the final vowel is generally lengthened (घाcf. [Pāṇ. 6-3, 133] ) उत as a rule it is preceded by other particles (, उतो॑, उत॑ वा, चिद्, न॑, वा) or by a pronoun or a preposition इव it is also found between and इ॑द् इव or between and इ॑द् अह, or between वा and इ॑द् आ घा गमद् यदि श्रवत् sometimes it occurs in the clause which depends on a conditional or relative sentence (e.g. , ‘he will surely come when he hears’ [RV. i, 30, 8] ), i, 161, 8; viii, 46, 4. घ mfn. 3.mfn. (√ हन्) ifc. ‘striking, killing’ cf. जीव-, ताड-, पाणि-, राज-, &c. (cf. also परिघ) घ m. 4.m. a rattling or gurgling or tinkling sound, [L.] a bell, [L.]
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