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dahati

pr 3rd sg of dahati (verb)

1. takes; considers; regards (as); lit. puts
2. burns; scorches
3. cremates; lit. burns
4. places; sets (on); lit. puts

Built from

• dah — root · put, take, burn
  Root expressing placement, seizure, or combustion. Sanskrit dahati; related to Indo-European *deh₂- (to put, place).
• -ati — ending · 3rd sg present
  Present tense third person singular active, marking the present indicative form of the verb.

Etymology. √dah, "to burn" or "to put/place"; cognate with Sanskrit dahati and English "take" (via Indo-European *deh₂- "to put, place"), though the "burning" sense may be metaphorically extended. The root's primary sense in Pali is "to put" (hence "takes, seizes"), with "to burn" as a secondary development, as fire "takes" fuel.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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