जासयति
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́āsáyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰāsáyati, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷes-éye-ti, from *(s)gʷes- (“to extinguish, put out”). Cognate with Ancient Greek σβέννυμι (sbénnumi), Lithuanian gęstù (“to go out”), Old Church Slavonic оугашѫ (ugašǫ), Old Irish bás (“death”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɑː.s̪ɐ́.jɐ.t̪i/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʑɑː.s̪ɐ.jɐ.t̪i/
Verb
जासयति • (jāsáyati) (root जस्)
- to exhaust, weaken
- to cause to expire