याच्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

An enlargement of the root या (, to request, implore). Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *yek- (to utter).

Pronunciation

Root

याच् • (yāc)

  1. to ask, beg, solicit, entreat
  2. to require, implore

Derived terms

  • अययाचत् (ayayācat)
  • अयाचीत् (ayācīt)
  • ययाच (yayāca)
  • ययाचे (yayāce)
  • याचक (yācaka)
  • याचति (yācati)
  • याचते (yācate)
  • याचन (yācana)
  • याचयति (yācayati)
  • याचयते (yācayate)
  • याचिता (yācitā)
  • याचितुम् (yācitum)
  • याचित्वा (yācitvā)
  • याचिषत् (yāciṣat)
  • याचिष्ट (yāciṣṭa)
  • याचिष्यति (yāciṣyati)
  • याचिष्यते (yāciṣyate)
  • याच्यते (yācyate)
  • याच्यात् (yācyāt)
  • यायाक्ति (yāyākti)
  • यायाच्यते (yāyācyate)
  • यियाचिषते (yiyāciṣate)

References

  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “याच्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 409
  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 617-8