पठति

Sanskritization of Middle Indo-Aryan, whence Pali paṭhati. Probably further from unattested Sanskrit *पृथति (pṛthati, “spreads”), from the root पृथ् (pṛth, “to spread”), with a shift in meaning from "spreading out" of rehearsed text during an oral recitation, and/or because books and scrolls are spread out when they are read. See पठ् (paṭh) for more.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ́.ʈʰɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐ.ʈʰɐ.t̪i/

पठति • (páṭhati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root पठ्)

1. to read
2. to read aloud, recite
3. to study, peruse
4. to invoke a deity
5. to cite a book

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri:
    • Devanagari script: परुन (parun)
    • Arabic script: پَرُن (parun)
• Pali: paṭhati
• Prakrit: 𑀧𑀠𑀇 (paḍhaï) (see there for further descendants)
• → Malayalam: പഠിക്കുക (paṭhikkuka)
• → Tamil: படி (paṭi)

• Monier Williams (1899) “पठति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 580/1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 93
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “paṭaurá- - páḍbiśa-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 68
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 193
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “páṭhati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press