जीवति

See also: जीवित

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́íHwati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰíHwati, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (“to live”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic жити (žiti), Ancient Greek βίος (bíos), Latin vīvō.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑíː.ʋɐ.t̪i/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑiː.ʋɐ.t̪i/

Verb

जीवति • (jī́vati) (root जीव्, class 1 P)

to live, be or remain alive
to revive
to support life, keep alive
to nourish, bring up
to seek a livelihood, wish to live by

Related terms

जीव (jīva)
जीवित (jīvita)

Descendants

Magadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
- Old Assamese: জী- (jī-)
  - Assamese: জীয়া (zia)
Pali: jīvati
Sauraseni Prakrit: [Term?]
- Gujarati: જીવવું (jīvvũ)
- Hindi: जीना (jīnā)
- Punjabi: ਜਿਊਣਾ (jiūṇā)

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 422

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