रज्जु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰজ্জু (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬚ᭄ᬚᬸ (Balinese script)
• রজ্জু (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰕𑰿𑰕𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ရဇ္ဇု (Burmese script)
• રજ્જુ (Gujarati script)
• ਰਜ੍ਜੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑌜𑍍𑌜𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦗ꧀ꦗꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂔𑂹𑂔𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ರಜ್ಜು (Kannada script)
• រជ្ជុ (Khmer script)
• ຣຊ຺ຊຸ (Lao script)
• രജ്ജു (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠠᡯᡯᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘕𑘿𑘕𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠠᠽᠽᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑦵𑧠𑦵𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐖𑑂𑐖𑐸 (Newa script)
• ରଜ୍ଜୁ (Odia script)
• ꢬꢙ꣄ꢙꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆘𑇀𑆘𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖕𑖿𑖕𑖲 (Siddham script)
• රජ‍්ජු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩣 𑪙𑩣𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚑𑚶𑚑𑚰 (Takri script)
• ரஜ்ஜு (Tamil script)
• రజ్జు (Telugu script)
• รชฺชุ (Thai script)
• ར་ཛྫུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒖𑓂𑒖𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨥𑩇𑨥𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ráźȷ́uṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *rázǰuš, form Proto-Indo-European *résg-u-s, from *(H)resg- (“to weave, plait”). Cognate with Latin restis, Russian ро́зга (rózga), Lithuanian rezgti. Compare also Old Armenian երագազ (eragaz), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐ́d.d͡ʑu/, [ɾɐ́d̚.d͡ʑu]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɾɐd̪.d͡ʑu/, [ˈɾɐd̪̚.d͡ʑu]

Noun

रज्जु • (rájju) stem, f

1. a rope, cord, string

   अहं रज्जुं भन्त्स्यामि। ― aháṃ rájjuṃ bhantsyā́mi. ― I will tie the rope.

Declension

Feminine u-stem declension of रज्जु (rájju)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	रज्जुः rájjuḥ	रज्जू rájjū	रज्जवः rájjavaḥ
Vocative	रज्जो rájjo	रज्जू rájjū	रज्जवः rájjavaḥ
Accusative	रज्जुम् / रज्ज्वम् rájjum / rájjvam	रज्जू rájjū	रज्जूः rájjūḥ
Instrumental	रज्ज्वा rájjvā	रज्जुभ्याम् rájjubhyām	रज्जुभिः rájjubhiḥ
Dative	रज्जवे / रज्ज्वै¹ rájjave / rájjvai¹	रज्जुभ्याम् rájjubhyām	रज्जुभ्यः rájjubhyaḥ
Ablative	रज्जोः / रज्ज्वाः¹ / रज्ज्वै² rájjoḥ / rájjvāḥ¹ / rájjvai²	रज्जुभ्याम् rájjubhyām	रज्जुभ्यः rájjubhyaḥ
Genitive	रज्जोः / रज्ज्वाः¹ / रज्ज्वै² rájjoḥ / rájjvāḥ¹ / rájjvai²	रज्ज्वोः rájjvoḥ	रज्जूनाम् rájjūnām
Locative	रज्जौ / रज्ज्वाम्¹ rájjau / rájjvām¹	रज्ज्वोः rájjvoḥ	रज्जुषु rájjuṣu
Notes	¹Later Sanskrit ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: raǰhúk
  • Kashmiri: رَز (raz)
  • Phalura: راج (rāǰ)
  • Shina: رژ (răž), رجو (raǰo)
• Pali: rajju
• Prakrit: 𑀭𑀚𑁆𑀚 (rajja)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Hindustani:
        • Hindi: लजुरी (lajurī)
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: লেজু (lezu)
      • Bengali: লেজুড় (lejuṛ)
      • Bihari: लजुरी (lajurī)
        • Bhojpuri: लजुरी (lajurī)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Bhadrawahi: रजूड़ी (rajūṛī)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ރޮދި (rodi)
      • Sinhalese: රොද්ද (rodda), රොදු (rodu)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Konkani:

        Devanagari script: राज्जु (rājju)

        Latin script: rajju

        Kannada script: ರಾಜ್ಜು

      • Marathi: रज्जू (rajjū)
  • Western:
    • Takka Apabhramsa:
      • Punjabi: lajj

        Gurmukhi script: ਲੱਜ

        Shahmukhi script: لَجّ

    • Vracada Apabhramsa:
      • Sindhi: laj̄a

        Arabic script: لَڄَ

        Devanagari script: रॼ

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rajju”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 612
• Monier Williams (1899) “रज्जु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 861, column 1.