मज्जति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *máźȷ́ati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mázǰati, from Proto-Indo-European *mesg- (“to dip, sink”). Cognate with Latin mergō (“I dip”), Lithuanian mazgóti, Latvian mazgât, Russian Москва́ (Moskvá) (whence English Moscow). Compare also English sub-merge, immerse, Latin borrowings.

Pronunciation
  • (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐ́d.d͡ʑɐ.t̪i/, [mɐ́d̚.d͡ʑɐ.t̪i]
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmɐd.d͡ʑɐ.t̪i/, [ˈmɐd̚.d͡ʑɐ.t̪i]

Verb

मज्जति • (májjati) (root मज्ज्, class 6 P)

  1. to sink
  2. to dive, plunge, bathe in water
  3. to go down, go to hell, to perish, to be ruined

Descendants
  • मज्जयति (majjáyati)
  • मग्न (magná, “immersed”)
  • मङ्क्तृ (maṅktṛ, “diver”)
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