लङ्घयति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From the root लङ्घ् (laṅgh)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɐŋ.ɡʱɐ́.jɐ.ti/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ɐŋ.ɡʱɐ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

लङ्घयति • (laṅghayati) third-singular present indicative

1. To leap over, cross, traverse
2. To mount, ascend, tread upon, enter
3. To overstep, transgress, violate, neglect
4. To get over, avoid, shun, escape from
5. To remove, transport
6. 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”)
• Prakrit: 𑀮𑀗𑁆𑀖𑁂𑀢𑀺 (laṅgheti)
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Bengali: লাঙ্ঘা (laṅgha, “to transgress”)
      • Odia: ନଙ୍ଘିବା (nôṅghiba, “to cross, transgress”)
  • Western:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Punjabi:
        • Gurmukhi script: ਲੰਘਣਾ (laṅghṇā)
        • Shahmukhi script: لَن٘گْھݨا (laṉghṇā)
      • Sindhi:
        • Arabic script: لَڱگهَڻُ (laṅghaṇu)
        • Devanagari script: लङ्घणु (laṅghaṇu)
  • Northern:
    • Garhwali: लाँघणुँ (lāṅghṇũ)
    • Kumaoni: नाँग्ङो (nā̃gṇo, “to leap over, cross”)
    • Nepali: नाँघ्नु (nā̃ghnu), नाङ्नु (nāṅnu)
  • Central
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Awadhi: नांघब (nāṅghab, “to cross”)
      • Gujarati: લાંઘવું (lā̃ghvũ, “to fast”)
      • Hindustani:
        • Hindi: लाँघना (lāṅghnā)
        • Urdu: لان٘گھنا (lāṉghnā)
  • Southern:
    • Elu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ނަގަނީ (naganī)
      • Sinhalese: නගිනවා (naginawā), නගනවා (naganawā)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Marathi: लांघणें (lāṅghṇẽ, “to pass by, grow weak from fasting”)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “langhayati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 631