तिज्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • तेज् (tej)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (to be sharp).

Cognates include Latin (īn-)stīgō whence English instigate, Ancient Greek στῐ́γμᾰ (stĭ́gmă, a mark from a pointed instrument), and English stick and thistle.

Pronunciation

Root

तिज् • (tij)

  1. to be or become sharp
  2. to sharpen

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms
Secondary forms
  • तेज॑यति (téjayati, causative)
  • तिति॑क्षते (títikṣate, desiderative)
  • तेति॑क्ते (tétikte, intensive)
Non-finite forms
  • ति॒क्त (tiktá, past participle)
  • तेज॑से (téjase, infinitive)
  • ति॒ति॒क्षु (titikṣú, desiderative participle)
Derived nominal forms
Prefixed root forms
  • प्रतितिज् (pratitij)
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root तिज् (0 c, 1 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root तिज् (3 c, 0 e)

Descendants

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root तिज् (3 c, 0 e)

References

  • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “तिज्”, 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
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 645; 668-9