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स्वञ्ज्

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Sanskrit

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Probably from Proto-Indo-European *sweng-, *swengʷʰ- (to bend, swing), in which case, cognate with a complex of Germanic words represented by Proto-Germanic *swinganą (to swing) and related terms,[1] including English swing, swank, sway, and via Old Norse, swag, swagger.

Pronunciation

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Root

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स्वञ्ज् (svañj)

  1. to embrace, clasp, encircle
  2. to twist or wind round

Derived terms

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Primary verbal forms
Non-finite forms
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Category Sanskrit terms belonging to the root स्वञ्ज् not found
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root स्वञ्ज् not found

References

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  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “SVAÑJ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 788

Further reading

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  • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “स्वञ्ज्”, 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
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “स्वञ्ज्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press