द्रायति

द्रायति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *drā́yati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *drā́yati, from Proto-Indo-European *drem-. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic дрѣмати (drěmati), Ancient Greek δαρθάνω (darthánō), Latin dormiō.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d̪ɽɑ́ː.jɐ.t̪i/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɽɑː.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

द्रायति • (drā́yati) (root द्रा / द्रै, class 1 P)

1. to sleep

   Synonyms: स्वपिति (svapiti), निद्राति (nidrāti), शेते (śete)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “द्रायति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 502.