जागृ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ger- (to be awake, to awaken). Cognate with Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬀-𐬖𐬭𐬁𐬭𐬀𐬫𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (fra-γrārayeiti), Ancient Greek ἐγείρω (egeírō, to awaken), Middle Persian wygrʼd (wiγrād) (whence Modern Persian بیدار (bidâr, awake)), Albanian ngrē (to lift, to wake), as well as perhaps Latin expergiscor (I awake, I wake up).

Pronunciation

Root

जागृ • (jāgṛ)

  1. to be awake or watchful
  2. to awake
  3. to watch over, be attentive to or intent on, care for, provide, superintend (with loc. or loc. with अधि)
  4. (of fire) to go on burning
  5. to be evident
  6. to look on

Derived terms

References

  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “JAR”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 574-575
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 172-173