जीर्यति

जीर्यति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĵŕ̥Hyati, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- (“to grow old”). Cognate to Khotanese ysīr- (ysīr-, “to grow old”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑíːɽ.jɐ.t̪i/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑiːɽ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

जीर्यति • (jī́ryati) (root जॄ, class 4 P)

1. to grow old, become aged
2. to decay, wither, become worn
3. to dissolve, break down

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “जीर्यति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 424.