धयति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰáyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰáyati, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁(y)-e-ti, from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”). Cognate with Latin fellō, Old Church Slavonic доити (doiti), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (daddjan, “suckle”), Ancient Greek θηλή (thēlḗ), Old Armenian դիեմ (diem).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱɐ́.jɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ʱɐ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

धयति • (dháyati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root धे)

1. to suck, drink, suck or drink in
2. to absorb, appropriate
3. to suckle, nourish

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “धयति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 520.