ज्वल्

Sanskrit

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Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́wal-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́wal-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- (to burn, to glow). Cognate with Lithuanian žvi̇̀lti, Old English col (whence English coal). Related to the root ज्वर् (jvar, to be feverish).

    Pronunciation

    Root

    ज्वल् • (jval)

    1. to burn brightly, blaze, glow, shine
    2. to burn (as a wound)
    3. to set on fire, light, kindle, make radiant, illuminate

    Derived terms

    Primary verbal forms
    • ज्वल॑ति (jválati, present)
    • ज्व॒लि॒ष्यति॑ (jvaliṣyáti, future)
    • ज्व॒लि॒ता (jvalitā́, periphrastic future)
    • अज्वा॑लीत् (ájvālīt, aorist)
    • अज्व॑लीत् (ájvalīt, aorist)
    • ज॒ज्वाल॑ (jajvā́la, perfect)
    Secondary forms
    • ज्व॒लय॑ति (jvaláyati, causative)
    • ज्वा॒लय॑ति (jvāláyati, causative)
    • अजि॑ज्वलत् (ájijvalat, causative aorist)
    • ज्वा॒ल्यते॑ (jvālyáte, passive of causative)
    • जिज्वलिषति (jijvaliṣati, desiderative)
    • जाज्वलीति (jājvalīti, intensive)
    • जाज्वलति (jājvalati, intensive)
    • जाज्वल्यते (jājvalyate, intensive)
    Non-finite forms
    • ज्व॒लि॒त (jvalitá, past participle)
    • ज्वलितुम् (jvalitum, infinitive)
    • ज्व॒लि॒त्वा (jvalitvā́, gerund)
    • ज्वालनीय (jvālanīya, gerundive)
    Derived nominal forms
    • ज्वल (jvala)
    • ज्वलन (jvalana)
    • ज्वलितृ (jvalitṛ)
    • ज्वाल (jvāla)
    • ज्वाला (jvālā)
    • ज्वालिन् (jvālin)
    Prefixed root forms
    • अभिज्वल् (abhijval)
    • उज्ज्वल् (ujjval)
    • परिज्वल् (parijval)
    • प्रतिज्वल् (pratijval)
    • प्रज्वल् (prajval)
    • संज्वल् (saṃjval)
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root ज्वल् (0 c, 3 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root ज्वल् (21 c, 0 e)

    References

    • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “jval”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 607
    • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 259