व्यजन

Borrowed from Sanskrit व्यजन (vyajana).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋjə.d͡ʒən/, [ʋjɐ.d͡ʒɐ̃n]

व्यजन • (vyajan) m

1. fan, ventilator

   Synonym: पंखा (paṅkhā)

Of unclear origin, with many theories proposed:

• Hoffman considers the word a compound of वि- (vi-, “apart, away”) + ईज- (īja-), the latter from the root अज् (aj, “to drive, propel”). This appears to be Mayrhofer's preferred derivation.
• Burrow considers the word as borrowed from Dravidian; compare Tamil வீசு (vīcu, “to throw; to blow (of wind)”), Telugu వీచు (vīcu, “to blow (of wind); to wave (as a fan)”), Kui (India) ୱୀଂଜା (wīñja). In light of the word's lack of Vedic attestation, the possibility of this derivation rises.
• Wright considers the word as jointly derived from the roots विच् (vic, “to sift”) and विज् (vij, “to dart, speed”), with contamination from the Dravidian root above.
• Horn notes a similarity to Persian بادبزن (bâdbezan, “(hand) fan”), though a relation is unlikely.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋjɐ.d͡ʑɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋjɐ.d͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐ/

व्यजन • (vyajana) stem, n

1. a palm-leaf or other article used for fanning, fan, whisk
2. fanning

• Monier Williams (1899) “व्यजन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1029/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 482
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 272
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “vīcu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 495.