वीज्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

Denominal root from व्यजन (vyajana, “fan”); see there for more.

Pronunciation

Root

वीज् • (vīj)

  1. to fan, cool by blowing upon or fanning
  2. to sprinkle with water
  3. to fan, blow, kindle (a fire)
  4. to stroke, caress

Derived terms

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References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “वीज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1004/3.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 162
  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “वीज्”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 235
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 482
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