ऋत्विज्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ঋত্বিজ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬋᬢ᭄ᬯᬶᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
- ঋত্বিজ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰆𑰝𑰿𑰪𑰰𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀋𑀢𑁆𑀯𑀺𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ၒတွိဇ် (Burmese script)
- ઋત્વિજ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਰਤ੍ਵਿਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌋𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦉꦠ꧀ꦮꦶꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂩𑂱𑂞𑂹𑂫𑂱𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಋತ್ವಿಜ್ (Kannada script)
- ឫត្វិជ៑ (Khmer script)
- ຣິຕ຺ວິຊ຺ (Lao script)
- ഋത്വിജ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡵᡳᢠᠣᠸᡳᡯ (Manchu script)
- 𑘆𑘝𑘿𑘪𑘱𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠷᠢᢐᠸᠢᠽ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦦𑦽𑧠𑧊𑧒𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐆𑐟𑑂𑐰𑐶𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଋତ୍ଵିଜ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢈꢡ꣄ꢮꢶꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆉𑆠𑇀𑆮𑆴𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖆𑖝𑖿𑖪𑖰𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ඍත්විජ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩙𑩫 𑪙𑩾𑩑𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚙𑚶𑚦𑚮𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
- ரித்விஜ் (Tamil script)
- ఋత్విజ్ (Telugu script)
- ฤตฺวิชฺ (Thai script)
- རྀ་ཏྭི་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒇𑒞𑓂𑒫𑒱𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨫𑨉𑨙𑩇𑨭𑨁𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Traditionally considered a compound of ऋतु (ṛtú, “season”) + यज् (yaj, “to worship”).[1][2]
However, Lubotsky thinks the nominative in -क् (-k) (instead of etymologically expected -ट् (-ṭ) when derived from यज् (yaj)) points to the same suffix -इज् (-ij) as in उशिज् (uśíj).[3]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /r̩t.ʋíd͡ʑ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /r̩t̪.ʋid͡ʑ/
Noun
ऋ॒त्विज् • (ṛtvíj) stem, m [2][4]
- seasonal-sacrificer
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.1.1:
- अ॒ग्निमी॑ळे पु॒रोहि॑तं य॒ज्ञस्य॑ दे॒वम्ऋ॒त्विजं॑।
होता॑रं रत्न॒धात॑मं॥- agnímīḷe puróhitaṃ yajñásya devámṛtvíjaṃ.
hótāraṃ ratnadhā́tamaṃ. - I praise Agni, the chosen priest, the divine, the ministrant of the sacrifice, who presents the oblation to the gods, and is the possessor of great wealth.
- agnímīḷe puróhitaṃ yajñásya devámṛtvíjaṃ.
- अ॒ग्निमी॑ळे पु॒रोहि॑तं य॒ज्ञस्य॑ दे॒वम्ऋ॒त्विजं॑।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ऋ॒त्विक् (ṛtvík) | ऋ॒त्विजौ॑ (ṛtvíjau) ऋ॒त्विजा॑¹ (ṛtvíjā¹) |
ऋ॒त्विजः॑ (ṛtvíjaḥ) |
| accusative | ऋ॒त्विज॑म् (ṛtvíjam) | ऋ॒त्विजौ॑ (ṛtvíjau) ऋ॒त्विजा॑¹ (ṛtvíjā¹) |
ऋ॒त्विजः॑ (ṛtvíjaḥ) |
| instrumental | ऋ॒त्विजा॑ (ṛtvíjā) | ऋ॒त्विग्भ्या॑म् (ṛtvígbhyām) | ऋ॒त्विग्भिः॑ (ṛtvígbhiḥ) |
| dative | ऋ॒त्विजे॑ (ṛtvíje) | ऋ॒त्विग्भ्या॑म् (ṛtvígbhyām) | ऋ॒त्विग्भ्यः॑ (ṛtvígbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | ऋ॒त्विजः॑ (ṛtvíjaḥ) | ऋ॒त्विग्भ्या॑म् (ṛtvígbhyām) | ऋ॒त्विग्भ्यः॑ (ṛtvígbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | ऋ॒त्विजः॑ (ṛtvíjaḥ) | ऋ॒त्विजोः॑ (ṛtvíjoḥ) | ऋ॒त्विजा॑म् (ṛtvíjām) |
| locative | ऋ॒त्विजि॑ (ṛtvíji) | ऋ॒त्विजोः॑ (ṛtvíjoḥ) | ऋ॒त्विक्षु॑ (ṛtvíkṣu) |
| vocative | ऋत्वि॑क् (ṛ́tvik) | ऋत्वि॑जौ (ṛ́tvijau) ऋत्वि॑जा¹ (ṛ́tvijā¹) |
ऋत्वि॑जः (ṛ́tvijaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 258
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Monier Williams (1899), “ऋत्विज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 224, column 2.
- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 429
- ^ Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “ṛtvij”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.