एधते

Sanskrit

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háydʰati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éydʰeti (“to ignite, set on fire”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́j.d̪ʱɐ.t̪ɐj/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.d̪ʱɐ.t̪eː/

Verb

एधते • (édhate) (root एध्, class 1 Ā)

to prosper, increase, grow
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
Synonyms: वर्धते (vardhate), ऋध्नोति (ŕdhnoti)
to spread, extend
to swell

References

Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 231
William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 16

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