तिग्म

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *tigmás, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tig-mó-s, from *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp, pointed”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬙𐬌𐬖𐬭𐬀 (tiγra, “sharp”), Old Persian 𐎫𐎥𐎼 (t-g-r /⁠tigra⁠/), Persian تیز (tez, “sharp”), Ancient Greek στίζω (stízō), στῐ́γμᾰ (stĭ́gmă), English stick.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tiɡ.mɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪iɡ.mɐ/

तिग्म • (tigmá) stem

1. sharp, pointed
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.108.5:

     इ॒मा गाव॑: सरमे॒ या ऐच्छ॒: परि॑ दि॒वो अन्ता॑न्त्सुभगे॒ पत॑न्ती।
     कस्त॑ एना॒ अव॑ सृजा॒दयु॑ध्व्यु॒तास्माक॒मायु॑धा सन्ति ति॒ग्मा॥

     imā́ gā́va: sarame yā́ aíccha: pári divó ántāntsubhage pátantī.
     kásta enā áva sṛjādáyudhvyutā́smā́kamā́yudhā santi tigmā́.

     These are the kine which, Sarama, thou seekest, flying, O Blest One, to the ends of heaven.
     Who will loose these for thee without a battle? Yea, and sharp-pointed are our warlike weapons.

2. pungent, acrid, hot, scorching

• तेजते (tejate)
• तेजस् (tejas)
• तिक्त (tikta)
• तीक्ष्ण (tīkṣṇa)

• Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀢𑀺𑀕𑁆𑀕 (tigga)
  • Assamese: টেঙা (teṅa)
  • Bengali: টেঙ্গা (ṭeṅga)
  • Kamta: টেঙা (teṅa)
  • Sylheti: ꠐꠦꠋꠉꠣ (ṭeṅga)