वृज्

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂werg- (to turn). Cognate with Latin vergō, the source of English converge etc.

Pronunciation

Root

वृज् • (vṛj)

  1. to bend, turn, twist
  2. to pluck, gather
  3. to wring off

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms
Secondary forms
  • व॒र्जय॑ति (varjáyati, causative)
  • अववर्जत् (avavarjat, causative aorist)
  • वर्ज्यते (varjyate, passive of causative)
  • विवृ॑क्षते (vívṛkṣate, desiderative)
  • वरीवृज्यते (varīvṛjyate, intensive)
  • व॒री॒व॒र्जय॑ति (varīvarjáyati, causative of intensive)
Non-finite forms
  • वृ॒क्त (vṛktá, past participle)
  • वर्जितुम् (varjitum, infinitive)
  • वृजे॑ (vṛ́je, infinitive)
  • वृ॒ञ्जसे॑ (vṛñjáse, infinitive)
  • वृ॒जध्यै॑ (vṛjádhyai, infinitive)
  • वृ॒क्त्वी (vṛktvī́, gerund)
  • वर्ज्य (varjya, gerundive)
  • वर्जनीय (varjanīya, gerundive)
  • वर्जयितव्य (varjayitavya, causative gerundive)
Derived nominal forms
  • वर्ग (varga)
  • वर्जक (varjaka)
  • वर्जिन् (varjin)
  • वृजन (vṛjána, vṛ́jana)
  • व्र॒ज (vrajá)
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वृज् (0 c, 7 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वृज् (2 c, 0 e)

References

  • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “वृज्”, 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