मज्जति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *máźȷ́ati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mázǰati, from Proto-Indo-European *mesg- (“to dip, sink”). Cognate with Latin mergō (“I dip”), Lithuanian mazgóti, Latvian mazgât, Russian Москва́ (Moskvá) (whence English Moscow). Compare also English sub-merge, immerse, Latin borrowings.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ́d.d͡ʑɐ.ti/, [mɐ́d̚.d͡ʑɐ.ti]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐd̪.d͡ʑɐ.t̪i/, [ˈmɐd̪̚.d͡ʑɐ.t̪i]

Verb

1. to sink
2. to dive, plunge, bathe in water
3. to go down, go to hell, to perish, to be ruined

Descendants

• Assamese: মজা (moza), মুজা (muza)

Related terms

• मज्जयति (majjáyati)
• मग्न (magná, “immersed”)
• मङ्क्तृ (maṅktṛ, “diver”)