ज्वलति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জ্বলতি (Assamese script)
• ᬚ᭄ᬯᬮᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• জ্বলতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰿𑰪𑰩𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑁆𑀯𑀮𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဇွလတိ (Burmese script)
• જ્વલતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਜ੍ਵਲਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑍍𑌵𑌲𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦗ꧀ꦮꦭꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂹𑂫𑂪𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಜ್ವಲತಿ (Kannada script)
• ជ្វលតិ (Khmer script)
• ຊ຺ວລຕິ (Lao script)
• ജ്വലതി (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠣᠸᠠᠯᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘿𑘪𑘩𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠽᢦᠯᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧠𑧊𑧉𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑑂𑐰𑐮𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଜ୍ଵଲତି (Odia script)
• ꢙ꣄ꢮꢭꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑇀𑆮𑆬𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖿𑖪𑖩𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ජ‍්වලති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣 𑪙𑩾𑩽𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚶𑚦𑚥𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஜ்வலதி (Tamil script)
• జ్వలతి (Telugu script)
• ชฺวลติ (Thai script)
• ཛྭ་ལ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑓂𑒫𑒪𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑩇𑨭𑨬𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́wálati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́wálati, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwélH-e-ti, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, to glow”). Cognate with Lithuanian žvìlti, Old English col (whence English coal).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑʋɐ́.lɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑʋɐ.l̪ɐ.t̪i/

Verb

ज्वलति • (jválati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root ज्वल्)

1. to burn, blaze
2. to glow, shine
3. to set fire to

Related terms

• ज्वाला (jvālā, “fire, lava”)

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Torwali: جلو (jalu)
• Prakrit: 𑀚𑀮𑀇 (jalaï) (see there for further descendants)
• Pali: jalati
• ⇒ Kannada: ಜ್ವಲಿಸು (jvalisu)
• ⇒ Telugu: జ్వలించు (jvaliñcu)

References

• “ज्व॑लति (॰ते)” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 191, column 2.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “ज्वलति”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 103
• Monier Williams (1899) “ज्वल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 428, column 2.