तक्ति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *tákti, from Proto-Indo-European *tékʷ-ti.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐk.ti/, [tɐk̚.ti]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɐk.t̪i/, [ˈt̪ɐk̚.t̪i]

Verb

तक्ति • (takti) third-singular present indicative (root तक्, class 2, type P)

1. to rush
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.16.1:

     प्र ते॑ सो॒तार॑ ओ॒ण्यो॒३॒॑
     रसं॒ मदा॑य॒ घृष्व॑ये
     सर्गो॒ न त॒क्त्येत॑शः

     prá te sotā́ra oṇyò
     rásam mádāya ghŕ̥ṣvaye
     sárgo ná takty étaśaḥ

     • 1896 translation by Ralph T. H. Griffith

       THE pressers from the Soma-press send forth thy juice for rapturous joy
       The speckled sap runs like a flood.

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “तक्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 431.