यजति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

যজতি (Assamese script)
ᬬᬚᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
যজতি (Bengali script)
𑰧𑰕𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀬𑀚𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ယဇတိ (Burmese script)
યજતિ (Gujarati script)
ਯਜਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌯𑌜𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦪꦗꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂨𑂔𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಯಜತಿ (Kannada script)
យជតិ (Khmer script)
ຍຊຕິ (Lao script)
യജതി (Malayalam script)
ᠶᠠᡯᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘧𑘕𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠶ᠋ᠠᠽᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧇𑦵𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐫𑐖𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଯଜତି (Odia script)
ꢫꢙꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆪𑆘𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖧𑖕𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
යජති (Sinhalese script)
𑩻𑩣𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚣𑚑𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
யஜதி (Tamil script)
యజతి (Telugu script)
ยชติ (Thai script)
ཡ་ཛ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒨𑒖𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨪𑨥𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁yáǵ-e-ti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyáȷ́ati

Sanskrit यजति

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyáȷ́ati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yáǵ-e-ti, from *h₁yaǵ-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (yazaⁱti), Ancient Greek ἅζομαι (házomai).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐ́.d͡ʑɐ.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /jɐ.d͡ʑɐ.t̪i/

Verb

यज॑ति • (yájati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, present, root यज्)

to worship, adore, honour
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.15.12:
  गार्ह॑पत्येन सन्त्य ऋ॒तुना॑ यज्ञ॒नीर् अ॑सि ।
  दे॒वान् दे॑वय॒ते य॑ज ॥
  gā́rhapatyena santya ṛtúnā yajñanī́r asi.
  devā́n devayaté yaja.
  With Ṛtu, through the house-fire, you, kind Giver, guide the worship-ritual:
  Worship the Gods for the sake of the pious one.
to sacrifice, offer, present

Conjugation

Present: यज॑ति (yájati), यज॑ते (yájate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	यज॑ति yájati	यज॑तः yájataḥ	यज॑न्ति yájanti	यज॑ते yájate	यजे॑ते yájete	यज॑न्ते yájante
Second	यज॑सि yájasi	यज॑थः yájathaḥ	यज॑थ yájatha	यज॑से yájase	यजे॑थे yájethe	यज॑ध्वे yájadhve
First	यजा॑मि yájāmi	यजा॑वः yájāvaḥ	यजा॑मः / यजा॑मसि¹ yájāmaḥ / yájāmasi¹	यजे॑ yáje	यजा॑वहे yájāvahe	यजा॑महे yájāmahe
Imperative
Third	यज॑तु yájatu	यज॑ताम् yájatām	यज॑न्तु yájantu	यज॑ताम् yájatām	यजे॑ताम् yájetām	यज॑न्ताम् yájantām
Second	यज॑ yája	यज॑तम् yájatam	यज॑त yájata	यज॑स्व yájasva	यजे॑थाम् yájethām	यज॑ध्वम् yájadhvam
First	यजा॑नि yájāni	यजा॑व yájāva	यजा॑म yájāma	यजै॑ yájai	यजा॑वहै yájāvahai	यजा॑महै yájāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	यजे॑त् yájet	यजे॑ताम् yájetām	यजे॑युः yájeyuḥ	यजे॑त yájeta	यजे॑याताम् yájeyātām	यजे॑रन् yájeran
Second	यजेः॑ yájeḥ	यजे॑तम् yájetam	यजे॑त yájeta	यजे॑थाः yájethāḥ	यजे॑याथाम् yájeyāthām	यजे॑ध्वम् yájedhvam
First	यजे॑यम् yájeyam	यजे॑व yájeva	यजे॑म yájema	यजे॑य yájeya	यजे॑वहि yájevahi	यजे॑महि yájemahi
Subjunctive
Third	यजा॑त् / यजा॑ति yájāt / yájāti	यजा॑तः yájātaḥ	यजा॑न् yájān	यजा॑ते / यजा॑तै yájāte / yájātai	यजै॑ते yájaite	यज॑न्त / यजा॑न्तै yájanta / yájāntai
Second	यजाः॑ / यजा॑सि yájāḥ / yájāsi	यजा॑थः yájāthaḥ	यजा॑थ yájātha	यजा॑से / यजा॑सै yájāse / yájāsai	यजै॑थे yájaithe	यजा॑ध्वै yájādhvai
First	यजा॑नि yájāni	यजा॑व yájāva	यजा॑म yájāma	यजै॑ yájai	यजा॑वहै yájāvahai	यजा॑महै yájāmahai
Participles
	यज॑त् yájat			यज॑मान yájamāna
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic

Imperfect: अय॑जत् (áyajat), अय॑जत (áyajata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अय॑जत् áyajat	अय॑जताम् áyajatām	अय॑जन् áyajan	अय॑जत áyajata	अय॑जेताम् áyajetām	अय॑जन्त áyajanta
Second	अय॑जः áyajaḥ	अय॑जतम् áyajatam	अय॑जत áyajata	अय॑जथाः áyajathāḥ	अय॑जेथाम् áyajethām	अय॑जध्वम् áyajadhvam
First	अय॑जम् áyajam	अय॑जाव áyajāva	अय॑जाम áyajāma	अय॑जे áyaje	अय॑जावहि áyajāvahi	अय॑जामहि áyajāmahi

Related terms

य॒ज्ञ (yajñá, “sacrifice”)

Descendants

→ Malayalam: യജിക്കുക (yajikkuka)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “यजति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 839/1.