jīvati

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀚𑀻𑀯𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
  • जीवति (Devanagari script)
  • জীৰতি (Bengali script)
  • ජීවති (Sinhalese script)
  • ဇီဝတိ or ဇဳဝတိ or ၹီဝတိ (Burmese script)
  • ชีวติ or ชีวะติ (Thai script)
  • ᨩᩦᩅᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຊີວຕິ or ຊີວະຕິ (Lao script)
  • ជីវតិ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄎𑄩𑅇𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit जीवति (jīvati), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeih₃w-.

Verb

jīvati (root jīv)

  1. to live, be alive
  2. to subsist on

References

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “jīvati”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.