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Where does “जिघ्रति” come from?

जिघ्रति (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́ígʰrati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰʰígʰrati, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰí-gʷʰreh₁-ti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰreh₁- — to smell, sniff.

जिघ्रति (Sanskrit): to smell, sniff; to perceive; to kill

Definitions

  1. to smell, sniff; to perceive; to kill

Ancestry of “जिघ्रति”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryanȷ́ígʰrati—
2Proto-Indo-Iranianǰʰígʰrati—
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰí-gʷʰreh₁-ti—
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰreh₁-to smell, sniff
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