जहाति

Sanskrit

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

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

References
  1. Monier Williams (1899), “जहाति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1296.
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