वज्
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Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative scripts[edit]
Alternative scripts
- ৱজ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
- বজ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဝဇ် (Burmese script)
- વજ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ವಜ್ (Kannada script)
- វជ៑ (Khmer script)
- ວຊ຺ (Lao script)
- വജ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠᡯ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᠽ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଵଜ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
- වජ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
- வஜ் (Tamil script)
- వజ్ (Telugu script)
- วชฺ (Thai script)
- ཝ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“fresh, strong”). Cognate with Latin vegeō (“excite, arouse; be lively”) whence English vegetation; Latin vigeō (“thrive, be alive”) whence vigil, vigor; English wake, watch.
Pronunciation[edit]
Root[edit]
वज् • (vaj)
Derived terms[edit]
- वज्र (vájra, “hard”)
References[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899) “वज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0913.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 152
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “वज्”, 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
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 372
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 662
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1117, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1117