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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- যজ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬬᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
- যজ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰧𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀬𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ယဇ် (Burmese script)
- યજ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਯਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌯𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦪꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂨𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಯಜ್ (Kannada script)
- យជ៑ (Khmer script)
- ຍຊ຺ (Lao script)
- യജ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠶᠠᡯ (Manchu script)
- 𑘧𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠶ᠋ᠠᠽ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧇𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐫𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଯଜ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢫꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆪𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖧𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
- යජ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩻𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚣𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
- யஜ் (Tamil script)
- యజ్ (Telugu script)
- ยชฺ (Thai script)
- ཡ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒨𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨪𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hyaȷ́-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- (“to sacrifice, worship”).
Pronunciation
Root
यज् • (yaj)
- to worship, adore, honour
- to consecrate, hallow
Derived terms
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- Non-Finite Forms
- इष्ट (iṣṭá, Past Participle)
- यष्टुम् (yáṣṭum, Infinitive)
- ईजितुम् (ījitum, Infinitive)
- यजध्यै (yajadhyai, Infinitive)
- इष्ट्वा (iṣṭvā́, Gerund)
- इज्य (ijya, Gerundive)
- यष्टव्य (yaṣṭavyà, Gerundive)
- यजनीय (yajanīya, Gerundive)
- याज्य (yājya, Causative Gerundive)
- याजयितव्य (yājayitavyà, Causative Gerundive)
- याजनीय (yājanīya, Causative Gerundive)
- यियक्षु (yiyakṣu, Desiderative Participle)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- Prefixed Root Forms
The desiderative इयक्षति (íyakṣati) is rather from अक्ष् (akṣ), etymologically related to नश् (naś, “to reach, attain”).
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “यज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 838, column 3.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 129
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “यज्”, 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
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “yaj”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 392-3