निज्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to cleanse, wash”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νίζω (nízō), Old Irish nigid.

Root

निज् • (nij)

  1. to wash, cleanse, purify

Usage notes

The intensive is used as the main present verb.

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root निज् (0 c, 1 e)
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root निज् not found
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References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “निज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 546, column 3.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 90
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 54
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