अज्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • অজ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬅᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • অজ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰀𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀅𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • အဇ် (Burmese script)
  • અજ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਅਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌅𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦄꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂃𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಅಜ್ (Kannada script)
  • អជ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ອຊ຺ (Lao script)
  • അജ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᠠᡯ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘀𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠠᠽ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦠𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐀𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଅଜ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢂꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆃𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖀𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • අජ් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩐𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚀𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
  • அஜ் (Tamil script)
  • అజ్ (Telugu script)
  • อชฺ (Thai script)
  • ཨ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒁𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨀𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄγω (ágō, “to lead”), Latin agō (“to do”), whence English agent, act and many more.

Pronunciation

Root

अज् • (aj)

  1. to drive, propel, throw, cast

Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root अज्‎ (0 c, 5 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
Secondary Forms
  • अज्यते (ajyáte, Passive)
  • अजिजिषति (ajijiṣati, Desiderative)
Non-Finite Forms
  • अजितुम् (ájitum, Infinitive)
  • अजित्वा (ajitvā́, Gerund)
  • अक्त (aktá, Past Participle)
  • अजित (ajitá, Past Participle)
Derived Nominal Forms
  • अज (ajá, “a drove, troop”)
  • अजन (ájana, “act of instigating or moving”)
  • अजिर (ajirá, “agile”)
  • अज्म (ájma, “career, march”)
  • अज्मन् (ájman, “career, passage, battle”)
  • अज्र (ájra, “a field, a plain”)
  • अज्विन् (ajvin, “active, agile”)
  • आजि (ājí, “match, fight, combat”)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “अज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 9.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 2
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 50-51
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