[jīnā], v.i.; m. to live, be alive, remain alive; life, living.
[◀MIA: Pk. jīvaï, jī̆aï ‘is alive’; Pa. jīvati ‘is alive’ ◀OIA jí̵vati ‘is alive’ RV. <√jīv ‘live’ ◀PIE *gʷei̯-, gʷei̯ǝ-, gʷ(i)i̯ē-, gʷ(i)i̯ō-, gʷī- ‘to live’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. quick ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. vivid, vital, bio-, zodiac ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0414; (Turner, 1966) 5241, p.288; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 285; (MW, 1899) 0422; (Pokorny, 1959) 0467; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.594, 1.467