नृत्यति

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ᬦᬺᬢ᭄ᬬᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
নৃত্যতি (Assamese script)
নৃত্যতি (Bengali script)
𑰡𑰴𑰝𑰿𑰧𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀦𑀾𑀢𑁆𑀬𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
𑌨𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
નૃત્યતિ (Gujarati script)
ਨ੍ਹਤੑਯਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦤꦽꦠꦾꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
ន្ឫត្យតិ (Khmer script)
ನೃತ್ಯತಿ (Kannada script)
ນ຺ຣິຕ຺ຍຕິ (Lao script)
നൃത്യതി (Malayalam script)
𑘡𑘵𑘝𑘿𑘧𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠨᠷᢈᢐᠶ᠋ᠠᢐᢈ (Mongolian script)
ᠨᡵᡳᢠᠶᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
နၖတျတိ (Burmese script)
𑧁𑧖𑦽𑧠𑧇𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐣𑐺𑐟𑑂𑐫𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ନୃତ୍ଯତି (Oriya script)
ꢥꢺꢡ꣄ꢫꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆤𑆸𑆠𑇀𑆪𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖡𑖴𑖝𑖿𑖧𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
නෘත්යති (Sinhalese script)
నృత్యతి (Telugu script)
นฺฤตฺยติ (Thai script)
ནྲྀ་ཏྱ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒢𑒵𑒞𑓂𑒨𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From the root नृत् (nṛt), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ner- (“to twist, turn”). Cognate with English narrow.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /nŕ̩t.jɐ.ti/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪r̩t̪.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

नृत्यति • (nṛ́tyati) (root नृत्, class 4, type P)

dance (RV., etc.)
act on stage, represent (Hariv., etc.)

Descendants

Dardic:
- Kashmiri: naċun
  Devanagari: नच़ुन
  
  Arabic: نَژُن‎
Pali: naccati
Prakrit:
Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀡𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇 (ṇaṭṭaï) (see there for further descendants)

Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀡𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀇 (ṇaccaï) (see there for further descendants)

Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀡𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀤𑀺 (ṇaccadi) (see there for further descendants)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “नृत्यति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0568.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “nŕ̊tyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 427

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