Sanskrit

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Aryan *gálati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gálati, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷél-e-ti, from *gʷel- (to drip, dribble, ooze, flow). Cognate with Albanian gëloj, Old High German quellan (to well up, to pour out), Old English cwylla (spring, source) (whence English quell).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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गलति (gálati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root गल्)

  1. to drip
  2. to ooze, trickle
  3. (of a liquid) to drop

Descendants

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References

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  • गलति” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 150, column 2.
  • Monier Williams (1899) “गल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 350, column 3.