वज्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• उज् (uj), ओज् (oj)

Alternative scripts

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

From a merger of:

• Proto-Indo-Iranian *waȷ́-, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“fresh, strong”). Compare Latin vegeō (“excite, arouse; be lively”) whence English vegetation; Latin vigeō (“thrive, be alive”) whence vigil, vigor; English wake, watch.
• Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hawǰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to increase”). Compare Latin augeō and English augment.

Pronunciation

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

Root

वज् • (vaj)

1. to be hard or strong

Derived terms

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

Primary Verbal Forms

• वाजयति (vājáyati, Present)
• ओजति (ojati, Present)
• ओजयति (ojayati, Present)

Derived Nominal Forms

• उग्र (ugra)
• ओजस् (ojas)
• ओजीयस् (ojīyas)
• ओजिष्ठ (ojiṣṭha)
• वज्र (vajra)
• वाज (vāja)
• ओज्मन् (ojman)

References

• 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
• Monier Williams (1899) “वज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 235.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 278
• 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) “1117”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1117