यच्छति

यच्छति

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• यच्छते (yacchate) – ātmanepada
• यमति (yámati), यमते (yámate) – Vedic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *yasĉáti, from the root *yam- (“to hold”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (yasaiti, “to hold”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐ́t.t͡ɕʰɐ.t̪i/, [jɐ́t̚.t͡ɕʰɐ.t̪i]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈjɐt.t͡ɕʰɐ.t̪i/, [ˈjɐt̚.t͡ɕʰɐ.t̪i]

Verb

यच्छति • (yácchati) (root यम्, class 1, type P)

1. to hold, hold up
2. to sustain, support
3. to restrain
4. to wield, brandish
5. to give, offer, donate, give away
6. to extend, raise, stretch, expand

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “यच्छति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 845.