लज्जते

Sanskrit

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 Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /l̪ɐd̪.d͡ʑɐ.t̪eː/, [l̪ɐd̪̚.d͡ʑɐ.t̪eː]

Verb

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

is ashamed, blushes

Conjugation

Present: ल॒ज्जते॑ (lajjáte)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	ल॒ज्जते॑ lajjáte	ल॒ज्जेते॑ lajjéte	ल॒ज्जन्ते॑ lajjánte
Second	- -	- -	- -	ल॒ज्जसे॑ lajjáse	ल॒ज्जेथे॑ lajjéthe	ल॒ज्जध्वे॑ lajjádhve
First	- -	- -	- -	ल॒ज्जे lajjé	ल॒ज्जाव॑हे lajjā́vahe	ल॒ज्जाम॑हे lajjā́mahe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	ल॒ज्जता॑म् lajjátām	ल॒ज्जेता॑म् lajjétām	ल॒ज्जन्ता॑म् lajjántām
Second	- -	- -	- -	ल॒ज्जस्व॑ lajjásva	ल॒ज्जेथा॑म् lajjéthām	ल॒ज्जध्व॑म् lajjádhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	ल॒ज्जै lajjái	ल॒ज्जाव॑है lajjā́vahai	ल॒ज्जाम॑है lajjā́mahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	ल॒ज्जेत॑ lajjéta	ल॒ज्जेया॑ताम् lajjéyātām	ल॒ज्जेर॑न् lajjéran
Second	- -	- -	- -	ल॒ज्जेथाः॑ lajjéthāḥ	ल॒ज्जेया॑थाम् lajjéyāthām	ल॒ज्जेध्व॑म् lajjédhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	ल॒ज्जेय॑ lajjéya	ल॒ज्जेव॑हि lajjévahi	ल॒ज्जेम॑हि lajjémahi
Subjunctive
Third	- -	- -	- -	ल॒ज्जाते॑ / ल॒ज्जातै॑ lajjā́te / lajjā́tai	ल॒ज्जैते॑ lajjáite	ल॒ज्जन्त॑ / ल॒ज्जान्तै॑ lajjánta / lajjā́ntai
Second	- -	- -	- -	ल॒ज्जासे॑ / ल॒ज्जासै॑ lajjā́se / lajjā́sai	ल॒ज्जैथे॑ lajjáithe	ल॒ज्जाध्वै॑ lajjā́dhvai
First	- -	- -	- -	ल॒ज्जै lajjái	ल॒ज्जाव॑है lajjā́vahai	ल॒ज्जाम॑है lajjā́mahai
Participles
	- -			ल॒ज्जमा॑न lajjámāna
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit.

Imperfect: अल॑ज्जत (álajjata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	अल॑ज्जत álajjata	अल॑ज्जेताम् álajjetām	अल॑ज्जन्त álajjanta
Second	- -	- -	- -	अल॑ज्जथाः álajjathāḥ	अल॑ज्जेथाम् álajjethām	अल॑ज्जध्वम् álajjadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	अल॑ज्जे álajje	अल॑ज्जावहि álajjāvahi	अल॑ज्जामहि álajjāmahi

Descendants

Pali: lajjati, lajjana (“shame”)
Dardic:
- Palula: 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.