निज्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- নিজ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬶᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
- নিজ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰰𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀺𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- နိဇ် (Burmese script)
- નિજ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਨਿਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑌿𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦶꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂱𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ನಿಜ್ (Kannada script)
- និជ៑ (Khmer script)
- ນິຊ຺ (Lao script)
- നിജ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᡳᡯ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘱𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠢᠽ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧒𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐶𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
- ନିଜ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢥꢶꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆴𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖰𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
- නිජ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩑𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚮𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
- நிஜ் (Tamil script)
- నిజ్ (Telugu script)
- นิชฺ (Thai script)
- ནི་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒱𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨁𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to cleanse, wash”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νίζω (nízō), Old Irish nigid.
Root
निज् • (nij)
Usage notes
The intensive is used as the main present verb.
Derived terms
Primary verbal forms
- निनेक्ति (ninekti, present)
- ने॒क्ष्यति॑ (nekṣyáti, future)
- ने॒क्ता (nektā́, periphrastic future)
- अनि॑जत् (ánijat, aorist)
- अनै॑क्षीत् (ánaikṣīt, aorist)
- नि॒नेज॑ (ninéja, perfect)
Secondary forms
- नि॒ज्यते॑ (nijyáte, passive)
- ने॒जय॑ति (nejáyati, causative)
- अनी॑निजत् (ánīnijat, causative aorist)
- निनिक्षति (ninikṣati, desiderative)
- नेने॑क्ति (nénekti, intensive)
Non-finite forms
- नि॒क्त (niktá, past participle)
- निजे (nije, infinitive)
- नि॒क्त्वा (niktvā́, gerund)
- निज्य (nijya, gerund)
Derived nominal forms
- नेजक (nejaka)
- नेज॑न (néjana)
- नेज्य (nejya)
Prefixed root forms
- अवनिज् (avanij)
- निर्णिज् (nirṇij)
- प्रणिज् (praṇij)
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root निज् (0 c, 2 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root निज् (2 c, 0 e)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “निज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 546, column 3.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 90
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 54