मज्जति

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

मज्जति (root majj, first conjugation)

  1. Devanagari script form of majjati (to wipe)

Conjugation

  • Present active participle: मज्जन्त् (majjant), which see for forms and usage
  • Past participle: मज्जित (majjita), मट्ठ (maṭṭha), which see for forms and usage

Verb

मज्जति (root mad, third conjugation)

  1. Devanagari script form of majjati (to be intoxicated)

Conjugation

  • Present active participle: मज्जन्त् (majjant), which see for forms and usage
  • Past participle: मत्त (matta), which see for forms and usage

Adjective

मज्जति

  1. Devanagari script form of majjati, which is masculine/neuter locative singular of मज्जन्त् (majjant), present participles of the verbs above

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *máźȷ́ati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mázǰati, from Proto-Indo-European *mesg- (to dip, sink).

Cognate with Latin mergō (I dip), Lithuanian mazgóti, Latvian mazgât, Russian Москва́ (Moskvá) (whence English Moscow). Compare also English sub-merge, immerse, Latin borrowings.

Pronunciation

  • (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐ́d.d͡ʑɐ.ti/, [mɐ́d̚.d͡ʑɐ.ti]
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmɐd̪.d͡ʑɐ.t̪i/, [ˈmɐd̪̚.d͡ʑɐ.t̪i]

Verb

मज्जति (májjati) (root मज्ज्, class 6, type P)

  1. to sink
  2. to dive, plunge, bathe in water
  3. to go down, go to hell, to perish, to be ruined
  • मज्जयति (majjáyati)
  • मग्न (magná, immersed)
  • मङ्क्तृ (maṅktṛ, diver)

Descendants

  • Assamese: মজা (moza), মুজা (muza)
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