चरति

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• carati (Latin script)
• 𑀘𑀭𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• চরতি (Bengali script)
• චරති (Sinhalese script)
• စရတိ or ၸရတိ (Burmese script)
• จรติ or จะระติ (Thai script)
• ᨧᩁᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ຈຣຕິ or ຈະຣະຕິ (Lao script)
• ចរតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄌𑄢𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Verb

चरति (root car, first conjugation)

1. Devanagari script form of carati (“to walk”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "चरति"

	Active		Middle
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Present
1st	चरामि (carāmi)	चराम (carāma)	चरे (care)	चराम्हे (carāmhe)
2nd	चरसि (carasi)	चरथ (caratha)	चरसे (carase)	चरव्हे (caravhe)
3rd	चरति (carati)	चरन्ति (caranti)	चरते (carate)	चरन्ते (carante) or चररे (carare)
Imperative
1st	चरामि (carāmi)	चराम (carāma)	चरे (care)	चरामसे (carāmase)
2nd	चर (cara) or चराहि (carāhi)	चरथ (caratha)	चरस्सु (carassu)	चरव्हो (caravho)
3rd	चरतु (caratu)	चरन्तु (carantu)	चरतं (carataṃ)	चरन्तं (carantaṃ)
Optative
1st	चरेय्यामि (careyyāmi) or चरेय्यं (careyyaṃ) or चरे (care)	चरेय्याम (careyyāma)	चरेय्यं (careyyaṃ)	चरेय्याम्हे (careyyāmhe)
2nd	चरेय्यासि (careyyāsi) or चरे (care)	चरेय्याथ (careyyātha)	चरेथो (caretho)	चरेय्यव्हो (careyyavho)
3rd	चरेय्य (careyya) or चरे (care)	चरेय्युं (careyyuṃ)	चरेथ (caretha)	चरेरं (careraṃ)

• Present active participle: चरन्त् (carant), which see for forms and usage
• Present middle participle: चरमान (caramāna), which see for forms and usage

Adjective

चरति (carati)

1. Devanagari script form of carati, which is masculine and neuter locative singular of चरन्त् (carant), present participle of the verb above

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćárati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čárati, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷél-e-ti, from *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πέλω (pélō), Latin colō, Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬭𐬁𐬥𐬍 (carānī, “I move, approach”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐ́.ɾɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕɐ.ɾɐ.t̪i/

Verb

चरति • (cárati) (class 1 present, root चर्)

1. to move oneself, go, walk, move, stir, roam about, wander (said of men, animals, water, ships, stars, etc.)
2. to spread, be diffused (as fire)
3. to move or travel through, pervade, go along, follow
4. to behave, conduct oneself, act, live, treat (with instrumental or locative)
5. to be engaged in, occupied or busy with
6. to have intercourse with, have to do with (+instrumental)
7. to continue performing or being
8. (astronomy) to be in any asterism or conjunction
9. to undertake, set about, under go, observe, practise, do or act in general, effect, make
10. to consume, eat (with accusative), graze
11. to make or render (with double accusative)
12. (causative) to cause to move or walk about
13. (causative) to pasture
14. (causative) to send, direct, turn, move
15. (causative) to cause any one (in accusative) to walk through (+accusative)
16. (causative) to drive away from (+ ablative)
17. (causative) to cause any one (in accusative) to practise or perform (with accusative)
18. (causative) to cause (any animal, +accusative) to eat
19. (causative) to cause to copulate
20. (causative) to ascertain (as through a spy instr.)
21. (causative) to doubt
22. (desiderative) to try to go
23. (desiderative) to wish to act or conduct oneself
24. (desiderative) to try to have intercourse with
25. (intensive) to move quickly or repeatedly, walk about, roam about (in locative)
26. (intensive) to act wantonly or coquettishly

Descendants

• Pali: carati