Reconstruction:Sanskrit/झट्

Sanskrit

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑʱɐʈ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑʱɐʈ/

Etymology 1

Probably formed as a root from *jhaṭa < *झृत (jhṛta, “fallen”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *gẓʰr̥tás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gžʰr̥tás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰr̥-tós. Doublet of क्षरित (kṣarita).

Root

*झट् • (jhaṭ)

1. to fall

Derived terms

Primary Verbal Forms

• *झटति (*jhaṭati, Present)

Secondary Forms

• *झाटयति (jhāṭayati, “sweeps”)

Etymology 2

If not onomatopoeic, related to the above root.

Alternative forms

• *झट्ट् (jhaṭṭ), *झण्ट् (jhaṇṭ), *झिट्ट् (jhiṭṭ)

Root

*झट् • (jhaṭ)

1. sudden movement

Derived terms

Primary Verbal Forms

Derived Nominal Forms

• झटिति (jhaṭiti)

Descendants

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root *झट्‎ (1 c, 0 e)

References

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