धयति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ᬥᬬᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
ধযতি (Assamese script)
ধযতি (Bengali script)
𑰠𑰧𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀥𑀬𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
𑌧𑌯𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ધયતિ (Gujarati script)
ਧਯਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦣꦪꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
ធយតិ (Khmer script)
ಧಯತಿ (Kannada script)
ຘຍຕິ (Lao script)
ധയതി (Malayalam script)
𑘠𑘧𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᢑᠾᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᢐᢈ (Mongolian script)
ᢡᠠᠶᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
ဓယတိ (Burmese script)
𑧀𑧇𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐢𑐫𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଧଯତି (Oriya script)
ꢤꢫꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆣𑆪𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖠𑖧𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
ධයති (Sinhalese script)
ధయతి (Telugu script)
ธยติ (Thai script)
དྷ་ཡ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒡𑒨𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰáyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰáyati, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁(y)-e-ti, from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”). Cognate with Latin fellō, Old Church Slavonic доити (dojti), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (daddjan, “suckle”), Ancient Greek θηλή (thēlḗ), Old Armenian դիեմ (diem).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱɐ́.jɐ.ti/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ʱɐ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

धयति • (dháyati) (root धे, class 1, type P)

to suck, drink, suck or drink in
to absorb, appropriate
to suckle, nourish

References

Monier Williams (1899), “धयति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 520.

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