सृज्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • सर्ज् (sarj)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *selǵ- (to throw away, pour out, release, set free). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *selkaną (to trickle, drip; languish) whence probably English sulk.[1]

    Pronunciation

    Root

    सृज् • (sṛj)

    1. to let go, discharge, throw, cast, hurl
    2. to emit, pour forth
    3. to let loose

    Derived terms

    Primary verbal forms
    Secondary forms
    • सृ॒ज्यते॑ (sṛjyáte, passive)
    • अस॑र्जि (ásarji, passive aorist)
    • स॒र्जय॑ति (sarjáyati, causative)
    • असी॑सृजत् (ásīsṛjat, causative aorist)
    • अस॑सर्जत् (ásasarjat, causative aorist)
    • सिसृक्षति (sisṛkṣati, desiderative)
    • सरीसृज्यते (sarīsṛjyate, intensive)
    • सरीसृष्टि (sarīsṛṣṭi, intensive)
    Non-finite forms
    • सृ॒ष्ट (sṛṣṭá, past participle)
    • स्रष्टुम् (sraṣṭum, infinitive)
    • सृ॒ष्ट्वा (sṛṣṭvā́, gerund)
    • सृज्य॑ (sṛ́jya, gerund)
    • सृज्य (sṛjya, gerundive)
    • स्रष्टव्य (sraṣṭavya, gerundive)
    • सिसृक्षु (sisṛkṣu, desiderative participle)
    Derived nominal forms
    Prefixed root forms
    • अतिसृज् (atisṛj)
    • अनुसृज् (anusṛj)
    • अपिसृज् (apisṛj)
    • अभिसृज् (abhisṛj)
    • अवसृज् (avasṛj)
    • आसृज् (āsṛj)
    • उत्सृज् (utsṛj)
    • उपसृज् (upasṛj)
    • निःसृज् (niḥsṛj)
    • परासृज् (parāsṛj)
    • प्रतिसृज् (pratisṛj)
    • प्रसृज् (prasṛj)
    • विसृज् (visṛj)
    • संसृज् (saṃsṛj)
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root सृज् (0 c, 8 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root सृज् (10 c, 0 e)

    References

    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “SARJ¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 709

    Further reading

    • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “सृज्”, 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
    • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “सृज्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press