ज्योतिरिङ्गण

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জ্যোতিৰিঙ্গণ (Assamese script)
• ᬚ᭄ᬬᭀᬢᬶᬭᬶᬗ᭄ᬕᬡ (Balinese script)
• জ্যোতিরিঙ্গণ (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰿𑰧𑰺𑰝𑰰𑰨𑰰𑰒𑰿𑰐𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑁆𑀬𑁄𑀢𑀺𑀭𑀺𑀗𑁆𑀕𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• ဇျောတိရိင်္ဂဏ (Burmese script)
• જ્યોતિરિઙ્ગણ (Gujarati script)
• ਜ੍ਯੋਤਿਰਿਙ੍ਗਣ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑍍𑌯𑍋𑌤𑌿𑌰𑌿𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌣 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦾꦺꦴꦠꦶꦫꦶꦔ꧀ꦒꦟ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂹𑂨𑂷𑂞𑂱𑂩𑂱𑂑𑂹𑂏𑂝 (Kaithi script)
• ಜ್ಯೋತಿರಿಙ್ಗಣ (Kannada script)
• ជ្យោតិរិង្គណ (Khmer script)
• ຊ຺ໂຍຕິຣິງ຺ຄຓ (Lao script)
• ജ്യോതിരിങ്ഗണ (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠶᠣᢠᡳᡵᡳᢛᡤᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘿𑘧𑘻𑘝𑘱𑘨𑘱𑘒𑘿𑘐𑘜 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠶ᠋ᠣᠸᠠᢐᠢᠷᠢᢊᠺᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧠𑧇𑧜𑦽𑧒𑧈𑧒𑦲𑧠𑦰𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑑂𑐫𑑀𑐟𑐶𑐬𑐶𑐒𑑂𑐐𑐞 (Newa script)
• ଜ୍ଯୋତିରିଙ୍ଗଣ (Odia script)
• ꢙ꣄ꢫꣂꢡꢶꢬꢶꢖ꣄ꢔꢠ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑇀𑆪𑆾𑆠𑆴𑆫𑆴𑆕𑇀𑆓𑆟 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖿𑖧𑖺𑖝𑖰𑖨𑖰𑖒𑖿𑖐𑖜 (Siddham script)
• ජ්‍යොතිරිඞ‍්ගණ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣 𑪙𑩻𑩕𑩫𑩑𑩼𑩑𑩠 𑪙𑩞𑩪 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚶𑚣𑚴𑚙𑚮𑚤𑚮𑚎𑚶𑚌𑚘 (Takri script)
• ஜ்யோதிரிங்க³ண (Tamil script)
• జ్యోతిరిఙ్గణ (Telugu script)
• ชฺโยติริงฺคณ (Thai script)
• ཛྱོ་ཏི་རི་ངྒ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑓂𑒨𑒼𑒞𑒱𑒩𑒱𑒓𑓂𑒑𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑩇𑨪𑨆𑨙𑨁𑨫𑨁𑨏𑩇𑨍𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of ज्योतिर् (jyotir, “light”) +‎ इङ्गन (iṅgana, “moving, shaking”), literally “moving light”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑjoː.t̪iˈɾiŋ.ɡɐ.ɳɐ/

Noun

ज्योतिरिङ्गण • (jyotiriṅgaṇa) stem, m

1. (Classical Sanskrit) firefly

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:खद्योत

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ज्योतिरिङ्गण (jyotiriṅgaṇa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ज्योतिरिङ्गणः jyotiriṅgaṇaḥ	ज्योतिरिङ्गणौ jyotiriṅgaṇau	ज्योतिरिङ्गणाः jyotiriṅgaṇāḥ
Vocative	ज्योतिरिङ्गण jyotiriṅgaṇa	ज्योतिरिङ्गणौ jyotiriṅgaṇau	ज्योतिरिङ्गणाः jyotiriṅgaṇāḥ
Accusative	ज्योतिरिङ्गणम् jyotiriṅgaṇam	ज्योतिरिङ्गणौ jyotiriṅgaṇau	ज्योतिरिङ्गणान् jyotiriṅgaṇān
Instrumental	ज्योतिरिङ्गणेन jyotiriṅgaṇena	ज्योतिरिङ्गणाभ्याम् jyotiriṅgaṇābhyām	ज्योतिरिङ्गणैः jyotiriṅgaṇaiḥ
Dative	ज्योतिरिङ्गणाय jyotiriṅgaṇāya	ज्योतिरिङ्गणाभ्याम् jyotiriṅgaṇābhyām	ज्योतिरिङ्गणेभ्यः jyotiriṅgaṇebhyaḥ
Ablative	ज्योतिरिङ्गणात् jyotiriṅgaṇāt	ज्योतिरिङ्गणाभ्याम् jyotiriṅgaṇābhyām	ज्योतिरिङ्गणेभ्यः jyotiriṅgaṇebhyaḥ
Genitive	ज्योतिरिङ्गणस्य jyotiriṅgaṇasya	ज्योतिरिङ्गणयोः jyotiriṅgaṇayoḥ	ज्योतिरिङ्गणानाम् jyotiriṅgaṇānām
Locative	ज्योतिरिङ्गणे jyotiriṅgaṇe	ज्योतिरिङ्गणयोः jyotiriṅgaṇayoḥ	ज्योतिरिङ्गणेषु jyotiriṅgaṇeṣu

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡 (joiṃgaṇa)
  • Maithili: जोगनी (jōgᵊnī)
  • Hindustani: jugnū

    Hindi: जुगनू

    Urdu: جُگْنُو

• → Hindi: ज्योतिरिंगण (jyotiriṅgaṇ) (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ज्योतिरिङ्गण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 427, column 2.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “jyotiriṅgaṇa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “ज्योतिरिङ्गण”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 746
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jyōtiriṅgaṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 292