मज्जति

Pali edit

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मज्जति (root majj, first conjugation)

  1. Devanagari script form of majjati (to wipe)

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मज्जति (root mad, third conjugation)

  1. Devanagari script form of majjati (to be intoxicated)

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मज्जति (majjati)

  1. Devanagari script form of majjati, which is masculine/neuter locative singular of मज्जन्त् (majjant), present participles of the verbs above

Sanskrit edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *máźȷ́ati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mázǰati, from Proto-Indo-European *mesg- (to dip, sink).

Cognate with Latin mergō (I dip), Lithuanian mazgóti, Latvian mazgât, Russian Москва́ (Moskvá) (whence English Moscow). Compare also English sub-merge, immerse, Latin borrowings.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐ́d.d͡ʑɐ.ti/, [mɐ́d̚.d͡ʑɐ.ti]
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmɐd̪.d͡ʑɐ.t̪i/, [ˈmɐd̪̚.d͡ʑɐ.t̪i]

Verb edit

मज्जति (májjati) third-singular present indicative (root मज्ज्, class 6, type P)

  1. to sink
  2. to dive, plunge, bathe in water
  3. to go down, go to hell, to perish, to be ruined

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Descendants edit

  • Assamese: মজা (moza), মুজা (muza)