# खादति
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* khādati (Latin script)
* 𑀔𑀸𑀤𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* খাদতি (Bengali script)
* ඛාදති (Sinhalese script)
* ခါဒတိ or ၶႃၻတိ (Burmese script)
* ขาทติ or ขาทะติ (Thai script)
* ᨡᩣᨴᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
* ຂາທຕິ or ຂາທະຕິ (Lao script)
* ខាទតិ (Khmer script)
* 𑄈𑄂𑄘𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

### Verb

खादति (root khād, first conjugation)
* Devanagari script form of khādati

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* খাদতি (Assamese script)
* ᬔᬵᬤᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
* খাদতি (Bengali script)
* 𑰏𑰯𑰟𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀔𑀸𑀤𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ခါဒတိ (Burmese script)
* ખાદતિ (Gujarati script)
* ਖਾਦਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌖𑌾𑌦𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦑꦴꦢꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂎𑂰𑂠𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಖಾದತಿ (Kannada script)
* ខាទតិ (Khmer script)
* ຂາທຕິ (Lao script)
* ഖാദതി (Malayalam script)
* ᡘᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡩᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘏𑘰𑘟𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠻᠠᢗᢑᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦯𑧑𑦿𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐏𑐵𑐡𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଖାଦତି (Odia script)
* ꢓꢵꢣꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆒𑆳𑆢𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖏𑖯𑖟𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
* ඛාදති (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩝𑩛𑩭𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚋𑚭𑚛𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
* க²ாத³தி (Tamil script)
* ఖాదతి (Telugu script)
* ขาทติ (Thai script)
* ཁཱ་ད་ཏི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒐𑒰𑒠𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨌𑨊𑨛𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰā́dati, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₂ḗdeti ~ *kʷh₂édeti, from *kʷh₂ed-.
Cognate with Old Armenian խածանեմ (xacanem) and Proto-Slavic *kǫsàti (“to bite”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kʰɑ́ː.dɐ.ti/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈkʰɑː.d̪ɐ.t̪i/

### Verb

खादति • (khā́dati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root खाद्)
* to chew, bite, eat, devour, feed, prey upon
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.64.7:महिषासो मायिनश्चित्रभानवो गिरयो न स्वतवसो रघुष्यदः । मृगा इव हस्तिनः खादथा वना यदारुणीषु तविषीरयुग्ध्वम् ॥mahiṣāso māyinaścitrabhānavo girayo na svatavaso raghuṣyadaḥ. mṛgā iva hastinaḥ khādathā vanā yadāruṇīṣu taviṣīrayugdhvam.Mighty, with wondrous power and marvellously bright, selfstrong like mountains, ye glide swiftly on your way. Like the wild elephants ye eat the forests up when ye assume your strength among the bright red flames.
** c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
** c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Yajurveda
* to hurt
** c. 600 BCE – 600 CE, Suśruta, Suśruta Saṃhitā
* to ruin
** Subhāṣitāvalī
* (causative) to cause to be eaten or devoured by (+ instrumental)
** c. 600 BCE – 400 BCE, Pāṇini
** c. 300 BCE, Gautama Dharmasūtra
** c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti
** c. 1260, Hemādri Paṇḍit, Caturvarga Cintāmaṇi
* (desiderative) to desire to eat
** c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 7.205.1
** 1088 – 1173, Hemacandra, Yogaśāstra 3.18

#### Conjugation

Forms of Sanskrit verbs are numerous and complicated. The following conjugation shows only a subset of all forms and should be treated as a guide.

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Domaaki: [script needed] (khānā)
** Kashmiri: کھیون (khyōn)
* Helu Prakrit:
** Sinhalese: කනවා (kanawā)
** Dhivehi: ކަނީ (kanī)
* Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀔𑀸𑀤𑀺 (khādi)
** Bengali–Assamese:
*** Assamese: খা (kha)
*** Bengali: খাওয়া (khaōẇa)
*** Kamta: kha
*** Rajbanshi: खाबा (khābā)
*** Sylheti: ꠈꠣꠅꠀ (xáoa)
** Bhojpuri:
    Devanagari script: खाईल (khāīl)
    Kaithi script: 𑂎𑂰𑂆𑂪 (khāīl)
** Odia: ଖାଇବା (khāibā)
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀔𑀸𑀅𑀇 (khāaï), 𑀔𑀸𑀇 (khāi)
** Konkani: khāvce
    Devanagari script: खाव्चे (khāvce)
    Kannada script: ಖಾವ್ಚೆ (khāvce)
    Latin script: khavche
** Old Marathi:
    Modi script: 𑘏𑘰𑘜𑘹 (khāṇe)
    Devanagari script: खाणे (khāṇe)
*** Marathi: खाणे (khāṇe)
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀔𑀸𑀤𑀺 (khādi)
** Old Gujarati:
*** Gujarati: ખાવું (khāvũ)
*** Marwari: खाणौ (khāṇau)
** Hindustani:
    Hindi: खाना (khānā)
    Urdu: کھانا (khānā)
** Pahari:
*** Garhwali: खाणु (khāṇu)
*** Nepali: खानु (khānu)
** Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਖਾਣਾ (khāṇā)
    Shahmukhi script: کھانا (khānā)
** Romani: khal, xal
*** → Hungarian: kajál
**** ⇒ Hungarian: kaja
** Sindhi:
    Arabic script: کائِڻُ
    Devanagari script: खाइणु
* Pali: khādati
* ⇒ Old Marathi:
    Modi script: 𑘏𑘰𑘟𑘜𑘹 (khādaṇe)
    Devanagari script: खादणे (khādaṇe)

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “खादति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 339.

#### Further reading

* partial conjugation