गलति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-Aryan *gálati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gálati, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷél-e-ti, from *gʷel(H)- (to drip, dribble, ooze, flow). Cognate with Albanian gëloj, Old High German quellan (to well up, to pour out), Old English cwylla (spring, source) (whence English quell).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    गल॑ति • (gálati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root गल्)

    1. to drip
    2. to ooze, trickle
    3. (of a liquid) to drop

    Descendants

    • Pali: galati
    • Prakrit: 𑀕𑀮𑀇 (galaï)

    References

    • गलति” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 150, column 2.
    • Monier Williams (1899), “गल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 350, column 3.