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jotanti

jotati

pr 3rd pl of jotati (verb)

1. shines; twinkles; emits light

Built from

• jot — root · shine, gleam
  From √jut: to emit light or brightness. Cognate with Sanskrit jyoti 'light', English 'light', Latin lux, Greek leukos 'white' — all from the Indo-European root *leuk- 'bright'.
• a — ending · present stem
  Thematic vowel forming the present stem jota-, used for all persons and numbers in the present indicative.
• nti — ending · 3rd plural
  The plural ending -nti marks third person plural present indicative, agreeing with a plural subject.

Etymology. Root √jut (also jyut in Sanskrit) means to shine or gleam. Cognate with Sanskrit jyoti 'light' and jyotis 'star'; the Indo-European root *leuk- 'to shine, be bright' appears in English 'light', Latin lux, and Greek leukos 'white'. The Pali root appears in common doctrinal terms like joti 'light' (metaphorically, wisdom) and āloka 'brightness'.

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

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