ध्रज्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• ध्रञ्ज् (dhrañj), ध्राज् (dhrāj)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ধ্ৰজ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬥ᭄ᬭᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ধ্রজ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰠𑰿𑰨𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀥𑁆𑀭𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဓြဇ် (Burmese script)
• ધ્રજ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਧ੍ਰਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌧𑍍𑌰𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦣꦿꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂡𑂹𑂩𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಧ್ರಜ್ (Kannada script)
• ធ្រជ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຘ຺ຣຊ຺ (Lao script)
• ധ്രജ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢡᡵᠠᡯ (Manchu script)
• 𑘠𑘿𑘨𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠾᠷᠠᠽ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧀𑧠𑧈𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐢𑑂𑐬𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଧ୍ରଜ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢤ꣄ꢬꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆣𑇀𑆫𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖠𑖿𑖨𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ධ්‍රජ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩮 𑪙𑩼𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚜𑚶𑚤𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
• த்⁴ரஜ் (Tamil script)
• ధ్రజ్ (Telugu script)
• ธฺรชฺ (Thai script)
• དྷྲ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒡𑓂𑒩𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨜𑩇𑨫𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Mayrhofer is skeptical of assigning any etymology to the root. He seems to have a preference for linking the root to Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to run, drag, pull”), but notes that any evidence for a connection looks to be arbitrary.

On the other hand, Orel indirectly notes a derivation from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰráȷ́-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰráȷ́-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ- (“to glide, swoop”), and connects the root to Lithuanian drėgti (“to become moist”) and English drink.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱɾɐd͡ʑ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱɾɐd͡ʑ/

Root

ध्रज् • (dhraj)

1. to move, go, glide, fly, sweep on

Derived terms

• धृञ्जति (dhṛñjati)
• ध्रजति (dhrajati)
• ध्रञ्जति (dhrañjati)
• ध्राजमान (dhrājamāna)
• ध्राजिषीय (dhrājiṣīya)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ध्रज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 521/2.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 86