ध्रजति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰráȷ́ati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰráȷ́ati, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰréǵ-e-ti, from *dʰreǵ- (“to glide, swoop”). Cognate with Old Norse drāk, Lithuanian drežóti.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱɾɐ́.d͡ʑɐ.ti/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ʱɾɐ.d͡ʑɐ.t̪i/

Verb

ध्रजति • (dhrájati) (root ध्रज्, class 1, type P)[1]

to glide, swoop

References

Monier Williams (1899), “ध्रजति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 521.

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