तर्ज्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *tarȷ́-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tarǰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *tergʷ- (to scare, be fierce). Mayrhofer expresses doubt about this derivation, likely due to the root's lack of attestation in Vedic texts (though he never explicitly lays out his reason for uncertainty),[1] but the phonetics and semantics appear as a solid match, and the connection is supported by later linguists, such as De Vaan.[2]

    Pronunciation

    Root

    तर्ज् • (tarj)

    1. to scold, threaten

    Derived terms

    Primary verbal forms
    • तर्ज॑ति (tárjati, present)
    • त॒र्जि॒ष्यति॑ (tarjiṣyáti, future)
    • त॒र्जि॒ता (tarjitā́, periphrastic future)
    • अत॑र्जीत् (átarjīt, aorist)
    • त॒तर्ज॑ (tatárja, perfect)
    Secondary forms
    Non-finite forms
    • त॒र्जि॒त (tarjitá, past participle)
    • तर्जितुम् (tarjitum, infinitive)
    • त॒र्जि॒त्वा (tarjitvā́, gerund)
    • तर्ज्य (tarjya, gerund)
    • त॒र्ज॒नीय॑ (tarjanī́ya, gerundive)
    Derived nominal forms
    • तर्जक (tarjaka)
    • तर्जन (tarjana)
    • तर्जना (tarjanā)
    • तर्जनी (tarjanī)
    • तर्ज्यमान (tarjyamāna)
    • तर्जनिका (tarjanikā)
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root तर्ज् (0 c, 3 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root तर्ज् (3 c, 0 e)

    References

    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), “TARJ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 238
    2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “torvus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 625

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