अज्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • অজ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬅᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • অজ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰀𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀅𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • အဇ် (Burmese script)
  • અજ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਅਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌅𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦄꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂃𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಅಜ್ (Kannada script)
  • អជ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ອຊ຺ (Lao script)
  • അജ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᠠᡯ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘀𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠠᠽ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦠𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐀𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଅଜ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢂꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆃𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖀𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • අජ් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩐𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚀𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
  • அஜ் (Tamil script)
  • అజ్ (Telugu script)
  • อชฺ (Thai script)
  • ཨ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒁𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨀𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄγω (ágō, “to lead”), Latin agō (“to do”), whence English agent, act and many more.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Root

अज् • (aj)

  1. to drive, propel, throw, cast

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms
Secondary forms
  • अ॒ज्यते॑ (ajyáte, passive)
  • अजिजिषति (ajijiṣati, desiderative)
Non-finite forms
  • अ॒क्त (aktá, past participle)
  • अ॒जि॒त (ajitá, past participle)
  • अजि॑तुम् (ájitum, infinitive)
  • अ॒जि॒त्वा (ajitvā́, gerund)
Derived nominal forms
  • अज (ajá, “a drove, troop”)
  • अजन (ájana, “act of instigating or moving”)
  • अजिर (ajirá, “agile”)
  • अज्म (ájma, “career, march”)
  • अज्मन् (ájman, “career, passage, battle”)
  • अज्र (ájra, “a field, a plain”)
  • अज्विन् (ajvin, “active, agile”)
  • आजि (ājí, “match, fight, combat”)
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root अज् (0 c, 9 e)
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root अज् not found

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “AJ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 50
  2. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “aj”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 18

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