ज्वलति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́wálHati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĵwálHati, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwélHeti, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, to glow”). Cognate with Lithuanian žvìlti and more distantly with English coal.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑʋɐ́.l̪ɐ.t̪i/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑʋɐ.l̪ɐ.t̪i/

Verb

ज्वलति • (jválati)

to burn, blaze
to glow, shine
to set fire to

Related terms

ज्वाला (jvālā, “fire, lava”)

Descendants

Hindi: जलना (jalnā)
Marathi: जळणे (jaḷṇe)
Nepali: जल्नु (jalnu)
Konkani: जळ्चे (zaḷce)

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 428/2

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