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hanti

hati

pr 3rd pl of hati (verb); pr 3rd sg of hanati (verb); pr 3rd sg of hanti (verb)

1. hanati (pr): hits; beats; strikes; thrashes; stabs
2. hanati (pr): kills; executes
3. hanati (pr): punishes; flogs; beats
4. hanti (pr): hits; harms; injures
5. hanti (pr): kills; destroys
6. hanati (pr): hurts; harms; injures; afflicts
7. hati (pr): gives up; leaves; abandons; deserts

Built from

• han — root · strike, kill
  The verbal root expressing violent action—hitting, striking, or killing. Found in Sanskrit ghṛṇoti and Greek theinō, from PIE *ghen-.
• ti — ending · 3rd sg present
  The thematic present ending -ti marks third person singular active indicative.

Etymology. From √han 'to strike, kill'. Cognate with Sanskrit ghṛṇoti 'strikes' and English gun (from PIE *ghen- 'to strike, kill'), also Greek theinō 'to strike'. The root is ancient and widespread in Indo-European languages, with the core sense of striking or killing evident across descendants.

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

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