यज्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• যজ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
• যজ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ယဇ် (Burmese script)
• યજ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਯਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಯಜ್ (Kannada script)
• យជ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຍຊ຺ (Lao script)
• യജ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᠠᡯ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠠᠽ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଯଜ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢫꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
• යජ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
• யஜ் (Tamil script)
• యజ్ (Telugu script)
• ยชฺ (Thai script)
• ཡ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- (“to sacrifice, worship”). See also यजति (yajati) and यज्ञ (yajña).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐd͡ʑ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /jɐd͡ʑ/

Root

यज् • (yaj)

1. to worship, adore, honour
2. to consecrate, hallow

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root यज्‎ (0 c, 3 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• यजति (yájati, Present)

Derived Nominal Forms

• यज्ञ (yajña)
• यज्यु (yájyu, “worshipping, devout; worthy of worship, adorable”)
• यजुस् (yájus, “veneration, worship, sacerdotal formula”)
• Sanskrit: यज्य (yájya)
• Sanskrit: इज्य (ijya)
• Sanskrit: यजत (yajatá)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “यज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0839.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 129
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “यज्”, 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, pages 392-3