जहाति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́áźʰaHti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰáȷ́ʰaHti, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰé-ǵʰeh₁-ti (to abandon, leave), from *ǵʰeh₁- (to go, walk). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬰𐬁𐬌𐬙𐬌 (zazāiti), Latin hērēs, Ancient Greek χήρα (khḗra, widow), Old English gān (to go) (whence English go).

Pronunciation

Verb

जहाति (jáhāti) (root हा, class 3, type P, present)[1]

  1. to renounce, abandon, relinquish
  2. to emit
  3. to shun, avoid, lay aside
  4. to ignore, neglect

References

  1. Monier Williams (1899), जहाति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1296.
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