# मज्जति
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* majjati (Latin script)
* 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* মজ্জতি (Bengali script)
* මජ‍්ජති (Sinhalese script)
* မဇ္ဇတိ or မၹ္ၹတိ or မၹ်ၹတိ (Burmese script)
* มชฺชติ or มัชชะติ (Thai script)
* ᨾᨩ᩠ᨩᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
* ມຊ຺ຊຕິ or ມັຊຊະຕິ (Lao script)
* មជ្ជតិ (Khmer script)
* 𑄟𑄎𑄴𑄎𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

### Verb

मज्जति (root majj, first conjugation)
* Devanagari script form of majjati (“to wipe”)

#### Conjugation

* Present active participle: मज्जन्त् (majjant), which see for forms and usage
* Past participle: मज्जित (majjita), मट्ठ (maṭṭha), which see for forms and usage

### Verb

मज्जति (root mad, third conjugation)
* Devanagari script form of majjati (“to be intoxicated”)

#### Conjugation

* Present active participle: मज्जन्त् (majjant), which see for forms and usage
* Past participle: मत्त (matta), which see for forms and usage

### Adjective

मज्जति (majjati)
* Devanagari script form of majjati, which is masculine/neuter locative singular of मज्जन्त् (majjant), present participles of the verbs above

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* মজ্জতি (Assamese script)
* ᬫᬚ᭄ᬚᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
* মজ্জতি (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰕𑰿𑰕𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* မဇ္ဇတိ (Burmese script)
* મજ્જતિ (Gujarati script)
* ਮਜ੍ਜਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑌜𑍍𑌜𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦗ꧀ꦗꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂔𑂹𑂔𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಮಜ್ಜತಿ (Kannada script)
* មជ្ជតិ (Khmer script)
* ມຊ຺ຊຕິ (Lao script)
* മജ്ജതി (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᠠᡯᡯᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘕𑘿𑘕𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠠᠽᠽᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑦵𑧠𑦵𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑐖𑑂𑐖𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
* ମଜ୍ଜତି (Odia script)
* ꢪꢙ꣄ꢙꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆘𑇀𑆘𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖕𑖿𑖕𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
* මජ‍්ජති (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩣 𑪙𑩣𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚑𑚶𑚑𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
* மஜ்ஜதி (Tamil script)
* మజ్జతి (Telugu script)
* มชฺชติ (Thai script)
* མ་ཛྫ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒖𑓂𑒖𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨥𑩇𑨥𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mésg-e-ti (“to dip, sink”).
Cognate with Latin mergō (“I dip”), Lithuanian mazgóti, Latvian mazgât. Compare also English sub-merge, immerse, Latin borrowings.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /mɐ́d.d͡ʑɐ.ti/, [mɐ́d̚.d͡ʑɐ.ti]
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈmɐd̪.d͡ʑɐ.t̪i/, [ˈmɐd̪̚.d͡ʑɐ.t̪i]

### Verb

मज्जति • (májjati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root मज्ज्)
* to sink
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.64.21:अ॒भि वे॒ना अ॑नूष॒तेय॑क्षन्ति॒ प्रचे॑तसः । मज्ज॒न्त्य् अवि॑चेतसः ॥abhí venā́ anūṣatéyakṣanti prácetasaḥ. májjanty ávicetasaḥ.The friends have sung in unison, the intelligent ones wish to worship: Down sink the unintelligent ones.
** c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.1.92:न चाग्निजं भयं किं चिन् नाप्सु मज्जन्ति जन्तवः । न वातजं भयं किं चिन् नापि ज्वरकृतं तथा ॥na cāgnijaṃ bhayaṃ kiṃ cin nāpsu majjanti jantavaḥ. na vātajaṃ bhayaṃ kiṃ cin nāpi jvarakṛtaṃ tathā.There is no fear of fire; no beings drown in water; There is no fear of air, and neither that of fever.
* to dive, plunge, bathe in water
* to go down, go to hell, to perish, to be ruined

#### Related terms

* मज्जयति (majjáyati)
* मग्न (magná, “immersed”)
* मङ्क्तृ (maṅktṛ, “diver”)

#### Descendants

* Assamese: মজা (moza), মুজা (muza)