च्योतति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চ্যোততি (Assamese script)
• ᬘ᭄ᬬᭀᬢᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• চ্যোততি (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰿𑰧𑰺𑰝𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑁆𑀬𑁄𑀢𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• စျောတတိ (Burmese script)
• ચ્યોતતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਚ੍ਯੋਤਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑍍𑌯𑍋𑌤𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦾꦺꦴꦠꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂹𑂨𑂷𑂞𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಚ್ಯೋತತಿ (Kannada script)
• ច្យោតតិ (Khmer script)
• ຈ຺ໂຍຕຕິ (Lao script)
• ച്യോതതി (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᠶᠣᢠᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘿𑘧𑘻𑘝𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠶ᠋ᠣᠸᠠᢐᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧠𑧇𑧜𑦽𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑑂𑐫𑑀𑐟𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଚ୍ଯୋତତି (Odia script)
• ꢗ꣄ꢫꣂꢡꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑇀𑆪𑆾𑆠𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖿𑖧𑖺𑖝𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ච්‍යොතති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡 𑪙𑩻𑩕𑩫𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚶𑚣𑚴𑚙𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• ச்யோததி (Tamil script)
• చ్యోతతి (Telugu script)
• จฺโยตติ (Thai script)
• ཙྱོ་ཏ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑓂𑒨𑒼𑒞𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑩇𑨪𑨆𑨙𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit श्चुत् (ścut)

Sanskrit च्युत् (cyut)

Sanskrit च्योतति (cyotati)

From the root च्युत् (cyut). See there for more.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕjɐw.tɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕjoː.t̪ɐ.t̪i/

Verb

च्योतति • (cyotati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root च्युत्)

1. to flow, trickle, ooze
2. to fall down
3. to cause to stream forth

Conjugation

Present: च्योतति (cyotati)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	च्योतति cyotati	च्योततः cyotataḥ	च्योतन्ति cyotanti	- -	- -	- -
Second	च्योतसि cyotasi	च्योतथः cyotathaḥ	च्योतथ cyotatha	- -	- -	- -
First	च्योतामि cyotāmi	च्योतावः cyotāvaḥ	च्योतामः / च्योतामसि¹ cyotāmaḥ / cyotāmasi¹	- -	- -	- -
Imperative
Third	च्योततु cyotatu	च्योतताम् cyotatām	च्योतन्तु cyotantu	- -	- -	- -
Second	च्योत cyota	च्योततम् cyotatam	च्योतत cyotata	- -	- -	- -
First	च्योतानि cyotāni	च्योताव cyotāva	च्योताम cyotāma	- -	- -	- -
Optative/Potential
Third	च्योतेत् cyotet	च्योतेताम् cyotetām	च्योतेयुः cyoteyuḥ	- -	- -	- -
Second	च्योतेः cyoteḥ	च्योतेतम् cyotetam	च्योतेत cyoteta	- -	- -	- -
First	च्योतेयम् cyoteyam	च्योतेव cyoteva	च्योतेम cyotema	- -	- -	- -
Subjunctive
Third	च्योतात् / च्योताति cyotāt / cyotāti	च्योतातः cyotātaḥ	च्योतान् cyotān	- -	- -	- -
Second	च्योताः / च्योतासि cyotāḥ / cyotāsi	च्योताथः cyotāthaḥ	च्योताथ cyotātha	- -	- -	- -
First	च्योतानि cyotāni	च्योताव cyotāva	च्योताम cyotāma	- -	- -	- -
Participles
	च्योतत् cyotat			- -
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic

Imperfect: अच्योतत् (acyotat)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अच्योतत् acyotat	अच्योतताम् acyotatām	अच्योतन् acyotan	- -	- -	- -
Second	अच्योतः acyotaḥ	अच्योततम् acyotatam	अच्योतत acyotata	- -	- -	- -
First	अच्योतम् acyotam	अच्योताव acyotāva	अच्योताम acyotāma	- -	- -	- -

Descendants

• Prakrit: *चोअइ (coaï)
  • Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
    • Lahnda: [script needed] (covaṇ)
    • Punjabi: ਚੋਣਾ (coṇā, “to leak, milk”)
• Prakrit: चुअइ (cuaï) (see there for further descendants)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “च्योतति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 403.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cyotati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press