जिघ्रति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জিঘ্ৰতি (Assamese script)
• ᬚᬶᬖ᭄ᬭᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• জিঘ্রতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰰𑰑𑰿𑰨𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀺𑀖𑁆𑀭𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဇိဃြတိ (Burmese script)
• જિઘ્રતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਜਿਘ੍ਰਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑌿𑌘𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦶꦓꦿꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂱𑂐𑂹𑂩𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಜಿಘ್ರತಿ (Kannada script)
• ជិឃ្រតិ (Khmer script)
• ຊິຆ຺ຣຕິ (Lao script)
• ജിഘ്രതി (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᡳᢚᡵᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘱𑘑𑘿𑘨𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠢᠺᠾᠷᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧒𑦱𑧠𑧈𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐶𑐑𑑂𑐬𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଜିଘ୍ରତି (Odia script)
• ꢙꢶꢕ꣄ꢬꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆴𑆔𑇀𑆫𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖰𑖑𑖿𑖨𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ජිඝ්‍රති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣𑩑𑩟 𑪙𑩼𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚮𑚍𑚶𑚤𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஜிக்⁴ரதி (Tamil script)
• జిఘ్రతి (Telugu script)
• ชิฆฺรติ (Thai script)
• ཛི་གྷྲ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒱𑒒𑓂𑒩𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑨁𑨎𑩇𑨫𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

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): /d͡ʑiɡʱ.ɾɐ.t̪i/

Verb

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

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.