जज्झती

• जझ्झती (jájhjhatī)^[1]

Monier-Williams transcribes this cryptic Rigvedic hapax legomenon as जझ्झती (jajhjhatī) and interprets it as a noun meaning "splashing or rushing waters".^[1] Apte on the other hand constructs a root जज्झ् (jajjh, “to make a dashing sound”) and interprets the lemma as *जज्झति (*jajjhati, thematic 3rd person singular present).^[2] Notwithstanding these interpretations, it is very likely that the term is in fact an Old Indo-Aryan dialectal parallel of Vedic Sanskrit जक्ष॑त् (jákṣat, “laughing”, present participle), ^[3][4] being derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰáȷ́źʰatiH (reduplicated feminine present participle of *źʰas- (“to laugh”)). See also जक्षत् (jákṣat), हस् (has, “to laugh”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ́d.d͡ʑʱɐ.tiː/, [d͡ʑɐ́d̚.d͡ʑʱɐ.tiː]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐd̪.d͡ʑʱɐ.t̪iː/, [d͡ʑɐd̪̚.d͡ʑʱɐ.t̪iː]

जज्झ॑ती • (jájjhatī) f

1. (Rigvedic hapax legomenon) feminine present participle of जज्झ् (jajjh); laughing (loudly); roaring with laughter
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.52.6:

     आ रु॒क्मैर् आ यु॒धा नर॑ ऋ॒ष्वा ऋ॒ष्टीर् अ॑सृक्षत ।
     अन्व् ए॑नाँ॒ अह॑ वि॒द्युतो॑ म॒रुतो॒ जज्झ॑तीर् इव भा॒नुर् अ॑र्त॒ त्मना॑ दि॒वः ॥

     ā́ rukmaír ā́ yudhā́ nára ṛṣvā́ ṛṣṭī́r asṛkṣata.
     ánv enām̐ áha vidyúto marúto jájjhatīr iva bhānúr arta tmánā diváḥ.

     The lofty Heroes cast their spears and weapons bright with gleaming gold.
     A splendour of its own accord followed close after these Maruts, like laughing lightning flashes from the sky.