अज्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬅᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
- অজ্ (Assamese script)
- অজ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌅𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
- અજ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਜੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦄꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
- អជ៑ (Khmer script)
- ಅಜ್ (Kannada script)
- ອຊ຺ (Lao script)
- അജ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘀𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠽ (Mongolian script)
- ᠠᡯ (Manchu script)
- အဇ် (Burmese script)
- 𑦠𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଅଜ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢂꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
- අජ් (Sinhalese script)
- అజ్ (Telugu script)
- อชฺ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta 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
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐd͡ʑ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɐd͡ʑ/
Root
अज् • (aj)
- to drive
Derived terms
- अक्त (aktá, “driven”)
- अज (ajá, “a drove, troop”)
- अजति (ájati, “he drives”)
- 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 458052227, page 9.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 2