लङ्घयति
Sanskrit
Etymology
From the root लङ्घ् (laṅgh)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /lɐŋ.ɡʱɐ́.jɐ.ti/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /l̪ɐŋ.ɡʱɐ.jɐ.t̪i/
Verb
लङ्घयति • (laṅghayati) third-singular indicative
- To leap over, cross, traverse
- To mount, ascend, tread upon, enter
- To overstep, transgress, violate, neglect
- To get over, avoid, shun, escape from
- To remove, transport
- To cause to forego sustenance; to fast
Descendants
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Dameli: [script needed] (nag-, “to fall down”)
- Gawar-Bati: [script needed] (naṅgi-)
- Kashmiri: لڠگھییت (laṅghēīta, “to have passed on”)
- Khowar: لنگک (laṅgik, “to move, shake, sway”)
- Phalura: [script needed] (laṅg-, “to pass, cross, swim, bathe”)
- Shina: لڠوک (lΛṅoiki, “to pass over, step over; to dismiss, see off”), لڠیجوک (laṅīǰoiki, “to die”)
- Torwali: [script needed] (laṅg-, “to pass, cross”)
- Pali: लङ्घेति (laṅgheti), लङ्घति (laṅghati)
- Prakrit: लंघेइ (laṃghei), लंघइ (laṃghaï)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “langhayati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 631