जहाति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĵʰáĵʰaHti, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰé-ǵʰeh₁-ti (“to abandon, to leave”), from *ǵʰeh₁-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬰𐬁𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (zazāiti), Latin hērēs and Ancient Greek χήρα (khḗra, “widow”).

Pronunciation

Verb

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

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

References

  1. ↑ 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 1296
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