लङ्घयति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From the root लङ्घ् (laṅgh)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɐŋ.ɡʱɐ́.jɐ.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ɐŋ.ɡʱɐ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

लङ्घयति • (laṅghayati) third-singular indicative

To leap over, cross, traverse
To mount, ascend, tread upon, enter
To overstep, transgress, violate, neglect
To get over, avoid, shun, escape from
To remove, transport
To cause to forego sustenance; to fast

Descendants

Dardic:
- Dameli: (nag-, “to fall down”)
- Gawar-Bati: (naṅgi-)
- Kashmiri: لڠگھییت (laṅghēīta, “to have passed on”)
- Khowar: لنگک (laṅgik, “to move, shake, sway”)
- Phalura: (laṅg-, “to pass, cross, swim, bathe”)
- Shina: لڠوک (lΛṅoiki, “to pass over, step over; to dismiss, see off”), لڠیجوک (laṅīǰoiki, “to die”)
- Torwali: (laṅg-, “to pass, cross”)
Prakrit: 𑀮𑀗𑁆𑀖𑁂𑀢𑀺 (laṅgheti)
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Bengali: লাঙ্ঘা (laṅgha, “to transgress”)
    - Odia: ନଙ୍ଘିବା (naṅghibā, “to cross, transgress”)
- Western:
  - Paisaci Prakrit:
    - Punjabi:
      - Gurmukhi script: ਲੰਘਣਾ (laṅghṇā)
      - Shahmukhi script: لَن٘گْھݨا (laṉghṇā)
    - Sindhi:
      - Arabic script: لَڱگهَڻُ (laṅghaṇu)
      - Devanagari script: लङ्घणु (laṅghaṇu)
- Northern:
  - Garhwali: लाँघणुँ (lāṅghṇũ)
  - Kumaoni: नाँग्ङो (nā̃gṇo, “to leap over, cross”)
  - Nepali: नाँघ्नु (nā̃ghnu), नाङ्नु (nāṅnu)
- Central
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Awadhi: नांघब (nāṅghab, “to cross”)
    - Gujarati: લાંઘવું (lā̃ghvũ, “to fast”)
    - Hindustani:
      - Hindi: लाँघना (lāṅghnā)
      - Urdu: لان٘گھنا (lāṉghnā)
- Southern:
  - Elu Prakrit:
    - Dhivehi: ނަގަނީ (naganī)
    - Sinhalese: නගිනවා (naginawā), නගනවා (naganawā)
  - Maharastri Prakrit:
    - Marathi: लांघणें (lāṅghṇẽ, “to pass by, grow weak from fasting”)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “langhayati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 631

लङ्घयति

Sanskrit

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