पश्यति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *(s)páśyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *spáćyati, from Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti, present form of *speḱ-; see there for cognates. Also compare Sanskrit दृश् (dṛś).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ́ɕ.jɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐɕ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

पश्यति • (páśyati) third-singular indicative (root दृश्)

1. to see, behold, observe
2. to spectate
3. to receive a visitor
4. to experience, partake of
5. to learn, find out
6. to compose, invent
7. to consider, examine
8. to foresee

Usage notes

पश्यति (páśyati) has been integrated into the verbal system of the root दृश् (dṛś). Morphologically, its root is पश् (paś).

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पश्यति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 611.