हर्षति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰárṣati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰáršati, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰérs-e-ti (“to become excited; to bristle”), from *ǵʰers- (“stiff, surprised”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬱 (zarš), Latin horreō, horror, Old Armenian ձառ (jaṙ), Ancient Greek χέρσος (khérsos, “dry land”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐ́ɾ.ʂɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɦɐɾ.ʂɐ.t̪i/

Verb

हर्षति • (hárṣati) third-singular present indicative

1. to be excited
2. to be delighted
3. (of hair or fur) to bristle
4. to become impatient
5. to become stiff or rigid

Descendants

• Gujarati: હરખવું (harakhvũ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “हर्षति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1303/2.