जीवति

See also: जीवित

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰíHwati, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (“to live”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic жити (žiti), Ancient Greek βίος (bíos), Latin vīvō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑiː.ʋɐ.t̪i/

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑíː.ʋɐ.t̪i/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑiː.ʋɐ.t̪i/

Verb

जीवति • (jī́vati) (root जीव्, class 1 P)

1. to live, be or remain alive
2. to revive
3. to support life, keep alive
4. to nourish, bring up
5. to seek a livelihood, wish to live by

Related terms

• जीव (jīva)
• जीवित (jīvita)

Descendants

• Pali: jīvati
• Sauraseni Prakrit: [Term?]
  • Gujarati: જીવવું (jīvvũ)
  • Hindi: जीना (jīnā)
  • Punjabi: ਜਿਊਣਾ (jiūṇā)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 422