संवर्तयति

Sanskrit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sem-

Proto-Indo-Iranian *sam-

Sanskrit सम्- (sam-)

Proto-Indo-European *wert-

Sanskrit वृत् (vṛt)

Sanskrit संवृत् (saṃvṛt)

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Sanskrit -अयति (-ayati)

Sanskrit संवर्तयति (saṃvartayati)

From संवृत् (saṃvṛt) +‎ -अयति (-ayati).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ̃.ʋɐɾ.tɐ.jɐ.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐ̃ˈʋɐɾ.t̪ɐ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

संवर्तयति • (saṃvartayati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type A, causative, root संवृत्)^[1]

to cause to turn or revolve, roll
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
to turn towards or hither
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
to clench (the fist)
- c. 300 CE, Harivaṃśa
to wrap up, envelop
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
to crumple up, crush, destroy
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
- c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa
to bring about, accomplish, perform, execute
- c. 300 CE, Harivaṃśa
- c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa
- c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa
to fulfill, satisfy (a wish)
- c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa
to think of, find out (a remedy)
- Car

Descendants

Prakrit: 𑀲𑀁𑀯𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁂𑀇 (saṃvaṭṭei) (see there for further descendants)^[2]

References

^ Monier Williams (1899) “संवर्तयति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1116.
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “saṁvēṣṭayati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 754

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