लज्जते

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

লজ্জতে (Assamese script)
ᬮᬚ᭄ᬚᬢᬾ (Balinese script)
লজ্জতে (Bengali script)
𑰩𑰕𑰿𑰕𑰝𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀮𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
လဇ္ဇတေ (Burmese script)
લજ્જતે (Gujarati script)
ਲਜ੍ਜਤੇ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌲𑌜𑍍𑌜𑌤𑍇 (Grantha script)
ꦭꦗ꧀ꦗꦠꦺ (Javanese script)
𑂪𑂔𑂹𑂔𑂞𑂵 (Kaithi script)
ಲಜ್ಜತೇ (Kannada script)
លជ្ជតេ (Khmer script)
ລຊ຺ຊເຕ (Lao script)
ലജ്ജതേ (Malayalam script)
ᠯᠠᡯᡯᠠᢠᡝ (Manchu script)
𑘩𑘕𑘿𑘕𑘝𑘹 (Modi script)
ᠯᠠᠽᠽᠠᢐᠧ (Mongolian script)
𑧉𑦵𑧠𑦵𑦽𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
𑐮𑐖𑑂𑐖𑐟𑐾 (Newa script)
ଲଜ୍ଜତେ (Odia script)
ꢭꢙ꣄ꢙꢡꢾ (Saurashtra script)
𑆬𑆘𑇀𑆘𑆠𑆼 (Sharada script)
𑖩𑖕𑖿𑖕𑖝𑖸 (Siddham script)
ලජ‍්ජතෙ (Sinhalese script)
𑩽𑩣 𑪙𑩣𑩫𑩔 (Soyombo script)
𑚥𑚑𑚶𑚑𑚙𑚲 (Takri script)
லஜ்ஜதே (Tamil script)
లజ్జతే (Telugu script)
ลชฺชเต (Thai script)
ལ་ཛྫ་ཏེ (Tibetan script)
𑒪𑒖𑓂𑒖𑒞𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
𑨬𑨥𑩇𑨥𑨙𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root लज्ज् (lajj).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɐd.d͡ʑɐ.tɐj/, [lɐd̚.d͡ʑɐ.tɐj]
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /l̪ɐd̪.d͡ʑɐ.t̪eː/, [l̪ɐd̪̚.d͡ʑɐ.t̪eː]

Verb

लज्जते • (lajjate) third-singular indicative (class 6, type A, root लज्ज्)

is ashamed, blushes

Conjugation

Present: लज्जते (lajjáte)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	लज्जते lajjáte	लज्जेते lajjéte	लज्जन्ते lajjánte
Second	- -	- -	- -	लज्जसे lajjáse	लज्जेथे lajjéthe	लज्जध्वे lajjádhve
First	- -	- -	- -	लज्जे lajjé	लज्जावहे lajjā́vahe	लज्जामहे lajjā́mahe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	लज्जताम् lajjátām	लज्जेताम् lajjétām	लज्जन्ताम् lajjántām
Second	- -	- -	- -	लज्जस्व lajjásva	लज्जेथाम् lajjéthām	लज्जध्वम् lajjádhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	लज्जै lajjaí	लज्जावहै lajjā́vahai	लज्जामहै lajjā́mahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	लज्जेत lajjéta	लज्जेयाताम् lajjéyātām	लज्जेरन् lajjéran
Second	- -	- -	- -	लज्जेथाः lajjéthāḥ	लज्जेयाथाम् lajjéyāthām	लज्जेध्वम् lajjédhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	लज्जेय lajjéya	लज्जेवहि lajjévahi	लज्जेमहि lajjémahi
Subjunctive
Third	- -	- -	- -	लज्जाते / लज्जातै lajjā́te / lajjā́tai	लज्जैते lajjaíte	लज्जन्त / लज्जान्तै lajjánta / lajjā́ntai
Second	- -	- -	- -	लज्जासे / लज्जासै lajjā́se / lajjā́sai	लज्जैथे lajjaíthe	लज्जाध्वै lajjā́dhvai
First	- -	- -	- -	लज्जै lajjaí	लज्जावहै lajjā́vahai	लज्जामहै lajjā́mahai
Participles
	- -			लज्जमान lajjámāna
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit.

Imperfect: अलज्जत (álajjata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	अलज्जत álajjata	अलज्जेताम् álajjetām	अलज्जन्त álajjanta
Second	- -	- -	- -	अलज्जथाः álajjathāḥ	अलज्जेथाम् álajjethām	अलज्जध्वम् álajjadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	अलज्जे álajje	अलज्जावहि álajjāvahi	अलज्जामहि álajjāmahi

Descendants

Pali: lajjati, lajjana (“shame”)
Dardic:
- Phalura: laǰíǰa
Prakrit: 𑀮𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀇 (lajjaï)
- Central:
  - Hindustani:
    - Hindi: लाजना (lājnā)
    - Urdu: لاجنا (lājnā)
  - Old Gujarati:
    - Gujarati: લાજવું (lājvũ)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lajjate”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Monier Williams (1899) “लज्जते”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 895, column 2.