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Sanskrit
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Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́wál-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́wál-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- (“to burn, to glow”). Cognate with Lithuanian žvìlti, Old English col (whence English coal). Related to the root ज्वर् (jvar, “to be feverish”).
Pronunciation
Root
ज्वल् • (jval)
- to burn brightly, blaze, glow, shine
- to burn (as a wound)
- to set on fire, light, kindle, make radiant, illuminate
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “ज्वल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 428/2.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 57
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 607
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 259