लज्जते

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• লজ্জতে (Assamese script)
• ᬮᬚ᭄ᬚᬢᬾ (Balinese script)
• লজ্জতে (Bengali script)
• 𑰩𑰕𑰿𑰕𑰝𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀮𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• လဇ္ဇတေ (Burmese script)
• લજ્જતે (Gujarati script)
• ਲਜ੍ਜਤੇ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌲𑌜𑍍𑌜𑌤𑍇 (Grantha script)
• ꦭꦗ꧀ꦗꦠꦺ (Javanese script)
• 𑂪𑂔𑂹𑂔𑂞𑂵 (Kaithi script)
• ಲಜ್ಜತೇ (Kannada script)
• លជ្ជតេ (Khmer script)
• ລຊ຺ຊເຕ (Lao script)
• ലജ്ജതേ (Malayalam script)
• ᠯᠠᡯᡯᠠᢠᡝ (Manchu script)
• 𑘩𑘕𑘿𑘕𑘝𑘹 (Modi script)
• ᠯᠠᠽᠽᠠᢐᠧ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧉𑦵𑧠𑦵𑦽𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐮𑐖𑑂𑐖𑐟𑐾 (Newa script)
• ଲଜ୍ଜତେ (Odia script)
• ꢭꢙ꣄ꢙꢡꢾ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆬𑆘𑇀𑆘𑆠𑆼 (Sharada script)
• 𑖩𑖕𑖿𑖕𑖝𑖸 (Siddham script)
• ලජ‍්ජතෙ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩽𑩣 𑪙𑩣𑩫𑩔 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚥𑚑𑚶𑚑𑚙𑚲 (Takri script)
• லஜ்ஜதே (Tamil script)
• లజ్జతే (Telugu script)
• ลชฺชเต (Thai script)
• ལ་ཛྫ་ཏེ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒪𑒖𑓂𑒖𑒞𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨬𑨥𑩇𑨥𑨙𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root लज्ज् (lajj).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɐd.d͡ʑɐ.tɐj/, [lɐd̚.d͡ʑɐ.tɐj]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ɐd̪.d͡ʑɐ.t̪eː/, [ˈl̪ɐd̪̚.d͡ʑɐ.t̪eː]

Verb

लज्जते • (lajjate) third-singular present indicative (root लज्ज्, class 6, type A)

1. is ashamed, blushes

Conjugation

Present: लज्जते (lajjáte)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	लज्जते lajjáte	लज्जेते lajjéte	लज्जन्ते lajjánte
Second	- -	- -	- -	लज्जसे lajjáse	लज्जेथे lajjéthe	लज्जध्वे lajjádhve
First	- -	- -	- -	लज्जे lajjé	लज्जावहे lajjā́vahe	लज्जामहे lajjā́mahe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	लज्जताम् lajjátām	लज्जेताम् lajjétām	लज्जन्ताम् lajjántām
Second	- -	- -	- -	लज्जस्व lajjásva	लज्जेथाम् lajjéthām	लज्जध्वम् lajjádhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	लज्जै lajjaí	लज्जावहै lajjā́vahai	लज्जामहै lajjā́mahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	लज्जेत lajjéta	लज्जेयाताम् lajjéyātām	लज्जेरन् lajjéran
Second	- -	- -	- -	लज्जेथाः lajjéthāḥ	लज्जेयाथाम् lajjéyāthām	लज्जेध्वम् lajjédhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	लज्जेय lajjéya	लज्जेवहि lajjévahi	लज्जेमहि lajjémahi
Participles
	- -			लज्जमान lajjámāna

Imperfect: अलज्जत (álajjata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	अलज्जत álajjata	अलज्जेताम् álajjetām	अलज्जन्त álajjanta
Second	- -	- -	- -	अलज्जथाः álajjathāḥ	अलज्जेथाम् álajjethām	अलज्जध्वम् álajjadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	अलज्जे álajje	अलज्जावहि álajjāvahi	अलज्जामहि álajjāmahi

Descendants

• Pali: lajjati, lajjana (“shame”)
• Dardic:
  • Phalura: laǰíǰa
• Prakrit: 𑀮𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀇 (lajjaï)
  • Central:
    • Hindustani:
      • Hindi: लाजना (lājnā)
      • Urdu: لاجنا (lājnā)
    • Old Gujarati:
      • Gujarati: લાજવું (lājvũ)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lajjate”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Monier Williams (1899) “लज्जते”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 895, column 2.