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जिघ्रति

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́ígʰrati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰʰígʰrati, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰí-gʷʰreh₁-ti, from *gʷʰreh₁- (to smell, sniff). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀσφραίνομαι (osphraínomai).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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जिघ्रति (jíghrati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, present, or class 3, type P, present, root घ्रा)

  1. to smell, sniff
  2. to perceive
  3. (figuratively) to kill
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