लङ्घयति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From the root लङ्घ् (laṅgh)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɐŋ.ɡʱɐ́.jɐ.ti/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ɐŋ.ɡʱɐ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

लङ्घयति • (laṅghayati)

To leap over, cross, traverse
To mount, ascend, tread upon, enter
To overstep, transgress, violate, neglect
To get over, avoid, shun, escape from
To remove, transport
To cause to forego sustenance; to fast

Descendants

Dardic:
- Dameli: [script needed] (nag-, “to fall down”)
- Gawar-Bati: [script needed] (naṅgi-)
- Kashmiri: لڠگھییت‎ (laṅghēīta, “to have passed on”)
- Khowar: لنگک‎ (laṅgik, “to move, shake, sway”)
- Phalura: [script needed] (laṅg-, “to pass, cross, swim, bathe”)
- Shina: لڠوک‎ (lΛṅoiki, “to pass over, step over; to dismiss, see off”), لڠیجوک‎ (laṅīǰoiki, “to die”)
- Torwali: [script needed] (laṅg-, “to pass, cross”)
Prakrit: 𑀮𑀗𑁆𑀖𑁂𑀢𑀺 (laṅgheti)
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Bengali: লাঙ্ঘা (laṅgha, “to transgress”)
    - Oriya: ନଙ୍ଘିବା (nôṅghiba, “to cross, transgress”)
- Western:
  - Paisaci Prakrit:
    - Punjabi: ਲਙ੍ਘਣਾ (laṅghṇā), ਨਙ੍ਘਨਾ (naṅghnā)
      - Lahnda: لگھݨ‎ (lagghaṇ, “to pass”), لن٘گھݨ‎ (laṅghaṇ), لگھݨ‎ (laghuṇ)
    - Sindhi:
      - Arabic script: لَڱگهَڻُ‎ (laṅghaṇu)
      - Devanagari script: लङ्घणु (laṅghaṇu)
- Northern:
  - Garhwali: लाँघणुँ (lāṅghṇũ)
  - Kumaoni: नाँग्ङो (nā̃gṇo, “to leap over, cross”)
  - Nepali: नाँघ्नु (nā̃ghnu), नाङ्नु (nāṅnu)
- Central
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Awadhi: नांघब (nā̃ghab, “to cross”)
    - Gujarati: લાંઘવું (lā̃ghvũ, “to fast”)
    - Hindustani:
      - Hindi: लांघना (lāṅghnā), नांघना (nāṅghnā)
      - Urdu: لَاںگھنَا‎, نَاںگھنَا‎
- Southern:
  - Elu Prakrit:
    - Dhivehi: ނަގަނީ‎ (naganī)
    - Sinhalese: නගිනවා (naginawā), නගනවා (naganawā)
  - Maharastri Prakrit:
    - Marathi: लांघणें (lāṅghṇẽ, “to pass by, grow weak from fasting”)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “langhayati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 631

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