स्वञ्ज्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • स्वज् (svaj)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *sweng-, *swengʷʰ- (to bend, swing), in which case, cognate with a complex of Germanic words represented by Proto-Germanic *swinganą (to swing) and related terms,[1] including English swing, swank, sway, and via Old Norse, swag, swagger.

Pronunciation

Root

स्वञ्ज् • (svañj)

  1. to embrace, clasp, encircle
  2. to twist or wind round

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms
  • स्वज॑ते (svájate, present)
  • स्वजिष्यते (svajiṣyate, future)
  • स॒स्व॒जे (sasvajé, perfect)
Non-finite forms
  • स्वक्त (svakta, past participle)
  • स्वक्तुम् (svaktum, infinitive)
  • स्वजे॑ (sváje, infinitive)
  • स्वजित्वा (svajitvā, gerund)
Derived nominal forms
  • स्व॒ज (svajá)
Category Sanskrit terms belonging to the root स्वञ्ज् not found
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root स्वञ्ज् not found

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “SVAÑJ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 788

Further reading

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