तर्जन

Sanskrit

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *tergʷ-

Sanskrit तर्ज् (tarj)

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Sanskrit -अन (-ana)

Sanskrit तर्जन (tarjana)

From तर्ज् (tarj) + -अन (-ana).

तर्जन • (tarjana) stem, n (root तर्ज्)

Neuter a-stem declension of तर्जन (tarjana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	तर्जनम् tarjanam	तर्जने tarjane	तर्जनानि / तर्जना¹ tarjanāni / tarjanā¹
Vocative	तर्जन tarjana	तर्जने tarjane	तर्जनानि / तर्जना¹ tarjanāni / tarjanā¹
Accusative	तर्जनम् tarjanam	तर्जने tarjane	तर्जनानि / तर्जना¹ tarjanāni / tarjanā¹
Instrumental	तर्जनेन tarjanena	तर्जनाभ्याम् tarjanābhyām	तर्जनैः / तर्जनेभिः¹ tarjanaiḥ / tarjanebhiḥ¹
Dative	तर्जनाय tarjanāya	तर्जनाभ्याम् tarjanābhyām	तर्जनेभ्यः tarjanebhyaḥ
Ablative	तर्जनात् tarjanāt	तर्जनाभ्याम् tarjanābhyām	तर्जनेभ्यः tarjanebhyaḥ
Genitive	तर्जनस्य tarjanasya	तर्जनयोः tarjanayoḥ	तर्जनानाम् tarjanānām
Locative	तर्जने tarjane	तर्जनयोः tarjanayoḥ	तर्जनेषु tarjaneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Prakrit: 𑀢𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀡 (tajjaṇa, “threat”)
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  - Assamese: তাজনা (tazona, “severe punishment”)
- Western Indo-Aryan:
  - Gujarati: તાજણો (tājṇo, “whip, lash”)

Monier Williams (1899) “तर्जन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page {{{1}}}.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tarjana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press