सीदति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *síẓḍati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síždati, from Proto-Indo-European *sí-sd-e-ti, from *sed- (“to sit”).[1] Cognate with Latin sedeō, Old Church Slavonic сѣдѣти (sěděti), Old English sittan (whence English sit).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /s̪íː.d̪ɐ.t̪i/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪iː.d̪ɐ.t̪i/

Verb

सीदति • (sī́dati) (root सद्, class 1 P or 6 P)[2]

to sit, sit down
to lie in wait, be at watch

References

Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*sed-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, ISBN 3895002194, page 513
Monier Williams (1899), “सीदति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1138.

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