चयते

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চয়তে (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬬᬢᬾ (Balinese script)
• চয়তে (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰧𑰝𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀬𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• စယတေ (Burmese script)
• ચયતે (Gujarati script)
• ਚਯਤੇ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑌯𑌤𑍇 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦪꦠꦺ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂨𑂞𑂵 (Kaithi script)
• ಚಯತೇ (Kannada script)
• ចយតេ (Khmer script)
• ຈຍເຕ (Lao script)
• ചയതേ (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᠠᠶᠠᢠᡝ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘧𑘝𑘹 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᢐᠧ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧇𑦽𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐫𑐟𑐾 (Newa script)
• ଚଯତେ (Odia script)
• ꢗꢫꢡꢾ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆪𑆠𑆼 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖧𑖝𑖸 (Siddham script)
• චයතෙ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩻𑩫𑩔 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚣𑚙𑚲 (Takri script)
• சயதே (Tamil script)
• చయతే (Telugu script)
• จยเต (Thai script)
• ཙ་ཡ་ཏེ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒨𑒞𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨪𑨙𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáyatay, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷéy-e-ti, from *kʷey- (“to pay”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ) (whence English pain, punish and penalty), Lithuanian kaina (“price”) Old Church Slavonic цѣна (cěna, “price”), Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬁 (kaēnā), Old Armenian քէն (kʻēn, “hate”) and Persian کین (kin, “hatred”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐ́.jɐ.tɐj/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐ.jɐ.t̪eː/

Verb

चयते • (cáyate) third-singular indicative (class 1, root चि)

1. to punish
2. to take revenge, vengeance on
3. to hate, detest