तेजीयस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

তেজীয়স্ (Assamese script)
ᬢᬾᬚᬷᬬᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
তেজীয়স্ (Bengali script)
𑰝𑰸𑰕𑰱𑰧𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀢𑁂𑀚𑀻𑀬𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
တေဇီယသ် (Burmese script)
તેજીયસ્ (Gujarati script)
ਤੇਜੀਯਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌤𑍇𑌜𑍀𑌯𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦠꦺꦗꦷꦪꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂞𑂵𑂔𑂲𑂨𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ತೇಜೀಯಸ್ (Kannada script)
តេជីយស៑ (Khmer script)
ເຕຊີຍສ຺ (Lao script)
തേജീയസ് (Malayalam script)
ᢠᡝᡯᡳᡳᠶᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
𑘝𑘹𑘕𑘲𑘧𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢐᠧᠽᠢᠢᠶ᠋ᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
𑦽𑧚𑦵𑧓𑧇𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐟𑐾𑐖𑐷𑐫𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
ତେଜୀଯସ୍ (Odia script)
ꢡꢾꢙꢷꢫꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆠𑆼𑆘𑆵𑆪𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖝𑖸𑖕𑖱𑖧𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
තෙජීයස් (Sinhalese script)
𑩫𑩔𑩣𑩑𑩛𑩻𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚙𑚲𑚑𑚯𑚣𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
தேஜீயஸ் (Tamil script)
తేజీయస్ (Telugu script)
เตชียสฺ (Thai script)
ཏེ་ཛཱི་ཡ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒞𑒹𑒖𑒲𑒨𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨙𑨄𑨥𑨁𑨊𑨪𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *táyǰyas (“sharper”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)téyg-yōs ~ *(s)tig-is-és (“sharper”), from *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp, to sting”). Cognate with Middle Persian [script needed] (tyc /⁠tēz⁠/) (whence Classical Persian (tēz, “sharp; quick, swift; sharp-witted”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐ́j.d͡ʑiː.jɐs/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪eː.d͡ʑiː.jɐs̪/

Adjective

तेजी॑यस् • (téjīyas) stem

comparative degree of ति॒ग्म (tigmá); sharper
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.19.03:
  तेजी॑यसा॒ मन॑सा॒ त्वोत॑ उ॒त शि॑क्ष स्वप॒त्यस्य॑ शि॒क्षोः ।
  अग्ने॑ रा॒यो नृत॑मस्य॒ प्रभू॑तौ भू॒याम॑ ते सुष्टु॒तय॑श् च॒ वस्वः॑ ॥
  téjīyasā mánasā tvóta utá śikṣa svapatyásya śikṣóḥ.
  ágne rāyó nṛ́tamasya prábhūtau bhūyā́ma te suṣṭutáyaś ca vásvaḥ.
  The one aided by you, O Agni is of a sharper mind. Give us wealth in the form of good progeny!
  May we be in abundance of excellent wealth and of the treasures of your praises.