पूज्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পূজ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬹᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
• পূজ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰳𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀽𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ပူဇ် (Burmese script)
• પૂજ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਪੂਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍂𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦹꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂴𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಪೂಜ್ (Kannada script)
• បូជ៑ (Khmer script)
• ປູຊ຺ (Lao script)
• പൂജ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡠᡠᡯ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘴𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠤᠤᠽ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧕𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐹𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
• ପୂଜ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢹꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆷𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖳𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
• පූජ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩒𑩛𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚱𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
• பூஜ் (Tamil script)
• పూజ్ (Telugu script)
• ปูชฺ (Thai script)
• པཱུ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒴𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨃𑨊𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of unclear origin.

Possibly from an early Prakritic form of the root पृच् (pṛc, “to mix, fill, give lavishly”), via a series of sound changes (illustrated for its derivatives) पृच् (pṛc) > *पृञ्चा (pṛñcā, “presentation of the mixed potion”) > पूजा (pūjā, “worship, respect, reverence”), as well as *पृञ्चन (pṛñcana, “mixing (for a guest of honor)”) > पूजन (pūjana, “honoring, hospitable reception”). This derivation has the advantage of not having to derive पूजन (pūjana) from the later-attested पूजा (pūjā).

Other less likely theories derive the root from Dravidian (unlikely given the root's Vedic presence and high usage frequency), or from an unattested *पूर्या (pūryā), from the root पॄ (pṝ, “to give, grant”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /puːd͡ʑ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /puːd͡ʑ/

Root

पूज् • (pūj)

1. to worship, revere, honor, respect, regard
2. to honor or present with
3. to initiate, consecrate

Derived terms

• पूजा (pūjā, “worship, respect, reverence”)
• पूजयति (pūjayati)
• पूजयते (pūjayate)
• पूजति (pūjati)
• पुपूजिरे (pupūjire)
• अपूपुजत् (apūpujat)
• पूजयित्वा (pūjayitvā)
• पूज्य (pūjya)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पूज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0641/1.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “पूज्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 099
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “पूज्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 154