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yācanti

yācati

pr 3rd pl of yācati (verb)

1. asks; requests; begs (someone for)
2. proposes (to); asks for the hand in marriage

Etymology. yāca + ti; from √yāc 'beg'; Sanskrit yācati [yāc]

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

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