रजत

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit रजत (rajata).

रजत • (rajat) m (Urdu spelling رجت)

1. white
2. silver

रजत • (rajat) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling رجت)

1. white
2. silver

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂reǵn̥t-ó-m (“silver”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀 (ər^əzata, “silver”), Latin argentum (“silver”). Also related to अर्जुन (arjuna).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐ.d͡ʑɐ.tɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɾɐ.d͡ʑɐ.t̪ɐ/

रजत • (rajatá) stem

1. white, bright white, silver-colored (also applied to हिरण्य (hiraṇya) to denote silver the metal, literally meaning "white gold")
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.25.22:

     ऋज्रमुक्षण्यायने रजतं हरयाणे ।
     रथं युक्तमसनाम सुषामणि ॥

     ṛjramukṣaṇyāyane rajataṃ harayāṇe.
     rathaṃ yuktamasanāma suṣāmaṇi.

     From Uksanyayana a bay, from Harayana a silvery white steed,
     And from Susaman we obtained a hamessed car.

   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) I.5.1:

     यद् अश्र्व् अशीयत तत्
     रजतꣳ हिरण्यम् अभवत् तस्माद् रजतꣳ हिरण्यम् अदक्षिण्यम् अश्रुजꣳ हि

     yad aśrv aśīyata tat
     rajataṃ hiraṇyam abhavat tasmād rajataṃ hiraṇyam adakṣiṇyam aśrujaṃ hi

     The tear that was shed (while crying) became white gold (silver); therefore white gold (silver) is not a suitable gift, for it is born of tears

2. silvery, made of silver

रजत • (rajata) stem, n

1. silver

   Synonym: रूप्य (rūpya)

   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 5.28.1:

     नव प्राणान् नवभिः सं मिमीते दीर्घायुत्वाय शतशारदाय ।
     हरिते त्रीणि रजते त्रीण्ययसि त्रीणि तपसाविष्टितानि ॥

     nava prāṇān navabhiḥ saṃ mimīte dīrghāyutvāya śataśāradāya.
     harite trīṇi rajate trīṇyayasi trīṇi tapasāviṣṭitāni.

     For lengthened life, to last through hundred autumns, they equalize with nine the nine aspirations.
     Three in gold, three in silver, three in iron by heat are stablished in their several places.

2. ivory

• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: rāwa
  • → Proto-Nuristani:
    • Ashkun: arū́, úrə
    • Kamkata-viri: ŕṳ̄, arṳ̄
    • Prasuni: urǘ
    • Tregami: wurṓ
    • Waigali: urḗi
• Pali: rajata
  • → Thai: รชตะ
• Prakrit: 𑀭𑀬𑀤 (rayada), 𑀭𑀬𑀬 (rayaya)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ރިހި (rihi)
      • Sinhalese: රිදී (ridī)