# चरति
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* carati (Latin script)
* 𑀘𑀭𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* চরতি (Bengali script)
* චරති (Sinhalese script)
* စရတိ or ၸရတိ (Burmese script)
* จรติ or จะระติ (Thai script)
* ᨧᩁᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
* ຈຣຕິ or ຈະຣະຕິ (Lao script)
* ចរតិ (Khmer script)
* 𑄌𑄢𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

### Verb

चरति (root car, first conjugation)
* Devanagari script form of carati (“to walk”)

#### Conjugation

* Present active participle: चरन्त् (carant), which see for forms and usage
* Present middle participle: चरमान (caramāna), which see for forms and usage

### Adjective

चरति (carati)
* Devanagari script form of carati, which is masculine and neuter locative singular of चरन्त् (carant), present participle of the verb above

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* চৰতি (Assamese script)
* ᬘᬭᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
* চরতি (Bengali script)
* 𑰓𑰨𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀘𑀭𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* စရတိ (Burmese script)
* ચરતિ (Gujarati script)
* ਚਰਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌚𑌰𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦕꦫꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂒𑂩𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಚರತಿ (Kannada script)
* ចរតិ (Khmer script)
* ຈຣຕິ (Lao script)
* ചരതി (Malayalam script)
* ᢜᠠᡵᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘓𑘨𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᢋᠠᠷᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦳𑧈𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐔𑐬𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଚରତି (Odia script)
* ꢗꢬꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆖𑆫𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖓𑖨𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
* චරති (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩡𑩼𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚏𑚤𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
* சரதி (Tamil script)
* చరతి (Telugu script)
* จรติ (Thai script)
* ཙ་ར་ཏི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒔𑒩𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨣𑨫𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *čárHati, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti, from *kʷelh₁- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πέλω (pélō), Latin colō. See also चलति (cálati).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /t͡ɕɐ́.ɾɐ.ti/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /t͡ɕɐ.ɾɐ.t̪i/

### Verb

चरति • (cárati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root चर्)
* to move oneself, go, walk, move, stir, roam about, wander (said of men, animals, water, ships, stars, etc.)
* to spread, be diffused (as fire)
* to move or travel through, pervade, go along, follow
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.108.2:इन्द्र॑स्य दू॒तीरि॑षि॒ता च॑रामि म॒ह इ॒च्छन्ती॑ पणयो नि॒धीन्वः॑। अ॒ति॒ष्कदो॑ भि॒यसा॒ तन्न॑ आव॒त्तथा॑ र॒साया॑ अतरं॒ पयां॑सि॥índrasya dūtī́riṣitā́ carāmi mahá icchántī paṇayo nidhī́nvaḥ. atiṣkádo bhiyásā tánna āvattáthā rasā́yā ataraṃ páyāṃsi.I come appointed messenger of Indra, seeking your ample stores of wealth, O Paṇis. This hath preserved me from the fear of crossing: thus have I made my way o' er Rasa's waters.
* to behave, conduct oneself, act, live, treat (with instrumental or locative)
* to be engaged in, occupied or busy with
* to have intercourse with, have to do with (+instrumental)
* to continue performing or being
* (astronomy) to be in any asterism or conjunction
* to undertake, set about, under go, observe, practise, do or act in general, effect, make
* to consume, eat (with accusative), graze
* to make or render (with double accusative)
* (causative) to cause to move or walk about
* (causative) to pasture
* (causative) to send, direct, turn, move
* (causative) to cause any one (in accusative) to walk through (+accusative)
* (causative) to drive away from (+ ablative)
* (causative) to cause any one (in accusative) to practise or perform (with accusative)
* (causative) to cause (any animal, +accusative) to eat
* (causative) to cause to copulate
* (causative) to ascertain (as through a spy instr.)
* (causative) to doubt
* (desiderative) to try to go
* (desiderative) to wish to act or conduct oneself
* (desiderative) to try to have intercourse with
* (intensive) to move quickly or repeatedly, walk about, roam about (in locative)
* (intensive) to act wantonly or coquettishly

#### 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.

#### Derived terms

* आचरति (ācarati)

#### Descendants

* Pali: carati

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “चरति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 389.