जिघ्रति
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́ígʰrati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰʰígʰrati, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰí-gʷʰreh₁-ti, from *gʷʰreh₁- (“to smell, sniff”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀσφραίνομαι (osphraínomai).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /d͡ʑíɡʱ.ɽɐ.t̪i/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʑiɡʱ.ɽɐ.t̪i/
Verb
जिघ्रति • (jíghrati) (root घ्रा, class 1, type P, present, or class 3, type P, present)
- to smell, sniff
- to perceive
- (figuratively) to kill
Related terms
- जिघ्रते (jíghrate, 1 Ā, 3 Ā)
- घ्राति (ghrā́ti)
- जिघर्ति (jigharti)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “जिघ्रति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 379.