जिघ्रति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́ígʰrati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰʰígʰrati, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰí-gʷʰreh₁-ti, from *gʷʰreh₁- (“to smell, sniff”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀσφραίνομαι (osphraínomai).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑíɡʱ.ɾɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑiɡʱ.ɾɐ.t̪i/

Verb

जिघ्रति • (jíghrati) third-singular present indicative (root घ्रा, class 1, type P, present, or class 3, type P, present)

1. to smell, sniff
2. to perceive
3. (figuratively) to kill

Related terms

• जिघ्रते (jíghrate, 1 Ā, 3 Ā)
• घ्राति (ghrā́ti)
• जिघर्ति (jigharti)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “जिघ्रति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 379.