चरति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πέλω (pelō), Latin colō and Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬭𐬁𐬥𐬍 (carānī, “I move, approach”).

Verb

चरति (cárati) (cl.1. root √car)

1. to move one's self, go, walk, move, stir, roam about, wander (said of men, animals, water, ships, stars, etc.)
2. to spread, be diffused (as fire)
3. to move or travel through, pervade, go along, follow
4. to behave, conduct one's self, act, live, treat (with instrumental or locative)
5. to be engaged in, occupied or busy with
6. to have intercourse with, have to do with (+instrumental)
7. to continue performing or being
8. (astronomy) to be in any asterism or conjunction
9. to undertake, set about , under go , observe , practise , do or act in general , effect , make
10. to consume, eat (with accusative), graze
11. to make or render (with double accusative)
12. (causative) to cause to move or walk about
13. (causative) to pasture
14. (causative) to send, direct, turn, move
15. (causative) to cause any one (in accusative) to walk through (+accusative)
16. (causative) to drive away from (+ ablative)
17. (causative) to cause any one (in accusative) to practise or perform (with accusative)
18. (causative) to cause (any animal, +accusative) to eat
19. (causative) to cause to copulate
20. (causative) to ascertain (as through a spy instr.)
21. (causative) to doubt
22. (desiderative) to try to go
23. (desiderative) to wish to act or conduct one's self
24. (desiderative) to try to have intercourse with
25. (intensive) to move quickly or repeatedly, walk about, roam about (in locative)
26. (intensive) to act wantonly or coquettishly