अट्

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit verb forms
Presentअटति (aṭati)
Causativeआटयति (āṭayati)
Desiderativeअटिटिषति (aṭiṭiṣati)
Intensiveअटाट्यते (aṭāṭyate)

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Etymology

A later form of the Vedic root अत् (at, “to go constantly, walk, run”). अण्ठ् is a Buddhist-preferred variant of अट्.

Pronunciation

Root

अट् • (aṭ)

  1. (frequently used of religious mendicants) to roam, wander about

Derived terms

  • अटक (aṭaka, “roaming”)
  • अटन (aṭana, “roaming about, act or habit of wandering about”)
  • अटवि (aṭavi, “place to roam in, a forest”)
  • अटा (aṭā, “act or habit of wandering about”)
  • अटाटा (aṭāṭā, “roaming or wandering about”)
  • अटाय (aṭāya, “to enter upon a roaming life, become a religious mendicant”)
  • अट्या (aṭyā, “roaming about, one of the ten faults resulting from an excessive fondness for pleasure”)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “अट्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 11/2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 3
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 7; 9
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