रञ्जति

From Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“to dye”). Cognate with Proto-Iranian *ra(n)ǰ- (“to colour, dye”), whence Persian رخش (raxš, “red”), Khwarezmian rxtk (raxtak, “red”), Mazanderani رش (raš, “red (of cattle)”), Northern Kurdish reş (“black”) and Sogdian (rɣš- /⁠raxš⁠/, “Rakhsh”), as well as Ancient Greek ῥέζω (rhézō, “I dye, paint”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐɲ.d͡ʑɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɾɐɲ.d͡ʑɐ.t̪i/

रञ्जति • (rañjati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root रञ्ज्)

1. to be dyed or colored, to redden, grow red, glow
2. to be affected or moved, be excited or glad, be charmed or delighted by, be attracted by or enamored of, fall in love with

• Monier Williams (1899) “रञ्जति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 861/2.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 134
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 424-425