संवर्तयति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

সংৱৰ্তয়তি (Assamese script)
ᬲᬂᬯᬃᬢᬬᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
সংবর্তয়তি (Bengali script)
𑰭𑰽𑰪𑰨𑰿𑰝𑰧𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀲𑀁𑀯𑀭𑁆𑀢𑀬𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
သံဝရ်္တယတိ (Burmese script)
સંવર્તયતિ (Gujarati script)
ਸਂਵਰ੍ਤਯਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌸𑌂𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌯𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦱꦁꦮꦂꦠꦪꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂮𑂁𑂫𑂩𑂹𑂞𑂨𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಸಂವರ್ತಯತಿ (Kannada script)
សំវត៌យតិ (Khmer script)
ສໍວຣ຺ຕຍຕິ (Lao script)
സംവര്തയതി (Malayalam script)
ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᠠᠸᠠᡵᢠᠠᠶᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘭𑘽𑘪𑘨𑘿𑘝𑘧𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᢀ᠋ᠰᠠᠸᠠᠷᢐᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧍𑧞𑧊𑧈𑧠𑦽𑧇𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐳𑑄𑐰𑐬𑑂𑐟𑐫𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ସଂଵର୍ତଯତି (Odia script)
ꢱꢀꢮꢬ꣄ꢡꢫꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆱𑆁𑆮𑆫𑇀𑆠𑆪𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖭𑖽𑖪𑖨𑖿𑖝𑖧𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
සංවර්‍තයති (Sinhalese script)
𑪁𑪖𑩾𑩼 𑪙𑩫𑩻𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚨𑚫𑚦𑚤𑚶𑚙𑚣𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
ஸஂவர்தயதி (Tamil script)
సంవర్తయతి (Telugu script)
สํวรฺตยติ (Thai script)
སཾ་ཝ་རྟ་ཡ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒮𑓀𑒫𑒩𑓂𑒞𑒨𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨰𑨸𑨭𑨫𑩇𑨙𑨪𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sem-

Proto-Indo-Iranian *sam-

Sanskrit सम्- (sam-)

Proto-Indo-European *wert-

Sanskrit वृत् (vṛt)

Sanskrit संवृत् (saṃvṛt)

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Sanskrit -अयति (-ayati)

Sanskrit संवर्तयति (saṃvartayati)

From causative formation संवृत् (saṃvṛt) +‎ -अयति (-ayati).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ̃.ʋɐɾ.tɐ.jɐ.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐ̃.ʋɐɾ.t̪ɐ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

संवर्तयति • (saṃvartayati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type A, causative, root संवृत्)^[1]

to cause to turn or revolve, roll
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda
to turn towards or hither
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda
to clench (the fist)
- c. 300 CE, Harivaṃśa
to wrap up, envelop
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
to crumple up, crush, destroy
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
- c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa
to bring about, accomplish, perform, execute
- c. 300 CE, Harivaṃśa
- c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa
- c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa
to fulfill, satisfy (a wish)
- c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa
to think of, find out (a remedy)
- Car

Descendants

Prakrit: 𑀲𑀁𑀯𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁂𑀇 (saṃvaṭṭei) (see there for further descendants)^[2]

References

^ Monier Williams (1899), “संवर्तयति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1116.
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “saṁvēṣṭayati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 754

[1] Monier Williams (1899), “संवर्तयति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1116.

[2] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “saṁvēṣṭayati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 754

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