जज्झती

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Etymology

Monier-Williams transcribes this cryptic Rigvedic hapax legomenon as जझ्झती (jajhjhatī) and interprets it as a noun meaning "splashing or rushing waters".[1] Apte on the other hand constructs a root जज्झ् (jajjh, “to make a dashing sound”) and interprets the lemma as *जज्झति (*jajjhati, thematic 3rd person singular present).[2] Notwithstanding these interpretations, it is very likely that the term is in fact an Old Indo Aryan dialectal parallel of Vedic जक्षत् (jákṣat, “laughing”, present participle), [3][4] being derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰáȷ́źʰatiH (reduplicated feminine present participle of *źʰas- (“to laugh”)). See also जक्षत् (jákṣat), हस् (has, “to laugh”).

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जज्झती • (jájjhatī) f

  1. feminine present participle of जज्झ् (jajjh); laughing (loudly); roaring with laughter
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.52.6:
      आ रुक्मैरा युधा नर ऋष्वा ऋष्टीरसृक्षत ।
      अन्वेनाँ अह विद्युतो मरुतो जज्झतीर्इव भानुरर्त त्मना दिवः
      ā́ rukmáirā́ yudhā́ nára ṛṣvā́ ṛṣṭī́rasṛkṣata.
      ánvenām̐ áha vidyúto marúto jájjhatīriva bhānúrarta tmánā diváḥ.
      The lofty Heroes cast their spears and weapons bright with gleaming gold.
      A splendour of its own accord followed close after these Maruts, like laughing lightning flashes from the sky.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Monier Williams (1899) “जझ्झती”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 409.
  2. ^ Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “जज्झ्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
  3. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “JAKṢ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 562
  4. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*g(u̯)ʰes-¹”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 199
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