हर्षति
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰárṣati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĵʰáršati, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰérs-e-ti (“to become excited; to bristle”), from *ǵʰers- (“stiff, surprised”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬱 (zarš), Latin horreō, horror, Old Armenian ձառ (jaṙ).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɦɐ́ɽ.ʂɐ.t̪i/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɦɐɽ.ʂɐ.t̪i/
Verb
हर्षति • (hárṣati)
- to be excited
- to be delighted
- (of hair or fur) to bristle
- to become impatient
- to become stiff or rigid
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “हर्षति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1303/2.