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Sanskrit
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Etymology
Unknown. Original meaning elusive, something like “to allow, carry” and therefore hard to etymologize. Also prone to confusion with Sanskrit ऋज् (ṛj, “to stretch, attain”).[1]
Pronunciation
Root
अर्ज् • (arj)
- to procure, acquire, obtain
- to stand firm
- to be of good health
Derived terms
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 155f.
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “अर्ज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 90.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 14
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “अर्ज्”, 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