निर्णिज्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

নিৰ্ণিজ্ (Assamese script)
ᬦᬶᬃᬡᬶᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
নির্ণিজ্ (Bengali script)
𑰡𑰰𑰨𑰿𑰜𑰰𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀦𑀺𑀭𑁆𑀡𑀺𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
နိရ်္ဏိဇ် (Burmese script)
નિર્ણિજ્ (Gujarati script)
ਨਿਰ੍ਣਿਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌿𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦤꦶꦂꦟꦶꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂢𑂱𑂩𑂹𑂝𑂱𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ನಿರ್ಣಿಜ್ (Kannada script)
និណ៌ិជ៑ (Khmer script)
ນິຣ຺ຓິຊ຺ (Lao script)
നിര്ണിജ് (Malayalam script)
ᠨᡳᡵᢏᡳᡯ (Manchu script)
𑘡𑘱𑘨𑘿𑘜𑘱𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠨᠢᠷᢏᠢᠽ (Mongolian script)
𑧁𑧒𑧈𑧠𑦼𑧒𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐣𑐶𑐬𑑂𑐞𑐶𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
ନିର୍ଣିଜ୍ (Odia script)
ꢥꢶꢬ꣄ꢠꢶꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆤𑆴𑆫𑇀𑆟𑆴𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖡𑖰𑖨𑖿𑖜𑖰𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
නිර්‍ණිජ් (Sinhalese script)
𑩯𑩑𑩼 𑪙𑩪𑩑𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚝𑚮𑚤𑚶𑚘𑚮𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
நிர்ணிஜ் (Tamil script)
నిర్ణిజ్ (Telugu script)
นิรฺณิชฺ (Thai script)
ནི་རྞི་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒢𑒱𑒩𑓂𑒝𑒱𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨝𑨁𑨫𑩇𑨘𑨁𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From निस् (nis, “out, forth, away”) + Proto-Indo-European *néygʷ-s ~ *nigʷ-és, from *neygʷ- (“to wash, to clean”). Synchronically analysable as the root noun from the root below.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /niɾ.ɳíd͡ʑ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪iɾ.ɳid͡ʑ/

Noun

नि॒र्णिज् • (nirṇíj) stem, f

a bright, shining, dress or garment
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.43.6:
  बिभ्र॑द्द्रा॒पिं हि॑र॒ण्ययं॒ वरु॑णो वस्त नि॒र्णिज॑म् ।
  परि॒ स्पशो॒ नि षे॑दिरे ॥
  bíbhraddrāpíṃ hiraṇyáyaṃ váruṇo vasta nirṇíjam.
  pári spáśo ní ṣedire.
  Varuṇa, wearing a golden armour, hath clad himself in a shining robe.
  His spies are seated around and about.

Declension

Feminine root-stem declension of नि॒र्णिज्
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	नि॒र्णिक् (nirṇík)	नि॒र्णिजौ॑ (nirṇíjau) नि॒र्णिजा॑¹ (nirṇíjā¹)	नि॒र्णिजः॑ (nirṇíjaḥ)
accusative	नि॒र्णिज॑म् (nirṇíjam)	नि॒र्णिजौ॑ (nirṇíjau) नि॒र्णिजा॑¹ (nirṇíjā¹)	नि॒र्णिजः॑ (nirṇíjaḥ)
instrumental	नि॒र्णिजा॑ (nirṇíjā)	नि॒र्णिग्भ्या॑म् (nirṇígbhyām)	नि॒र्णिग्भिः॑ (nirṇígbhiḥ)
dative	नि॒र्णिजे॑ (nirṇíje)	नि॒र्णिग्भ्या॑म् (nirṇígbhyām)	नि॒र्णिग्भ्यः॑ (nirṇígbhyaḥ)
ablative	नि॒र्णिजः॑ (nirṇíjaḥ)	नि॒र्णिग्भ्या॑म् (nirṇígbhyām)	नि॒र्णिग्भ्यः॑ (nirṇígbhyaḥ)
genitive	नि॒र्णिजः॑ (nirṇíjaḥ)	नि॒र्णिजोः॑ (nirṇíjoḥ)	नि॒र्णिजा॑म् (nirṇíjām)
locative	नि॒र्णिजि॑ (nirṇíji)	नि॒र्णिजोः॑ (nirṇíjoḥ)	नि॒र्णिक्षु॑ (nirṇíkṣu)
vocative	निर्णि॑क् (nírṇik)	निर्णि॑जौ (nírṇijau) निर्णि॑जा¹ (nírṇijā¹)	निर्णि॑जः (nírṇijaḥ)

¹Vedic

Root

निर्णिज् • (nirṇij)

to wash, cleanse

References

Monier Williams (1899), “निर्णिज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 855.