अञ्ज्

अञ्ज्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬅᬜ᭄ᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
• অঞ্জ্ (Assamese script)
• অঞ্জ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰗𑰿𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀜𑁆𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌅𑌞𑍍𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
• અઞ્જ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਞੑਜੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦄꦚ꧀ꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
• អញ្ជ៑ (Khmer script)
• ಅಞ್ಜ್ (Kannada script)
• ອຎ຺ຊ຺ (Lao script)
• അഞ്ജ് (Malayalam script)
• 𑘀𑘗𑘿𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠠᡛᠽ (Mongolian script)
• ᠠᠨᡳᠶᡯ (Manchu script)
• အဉ္ဇ် (Burmese script)
• 𑦠𑦷𑧠𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐘𑑂𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଅଞ୍ଜ୍ (Oriya script)
• ꢂꢛ꣄ꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆚𑇀𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖗𑖿𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
• අඤ්ජ් (Sinhalese script)
• అఞ్జ్ (Telugu script)
• อญฺชฺ (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཉྫ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒘𑓂𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“anoint”). Cognates include Latin ung(u)ō (“I anoint”), Old Armenian օծ (ōc, “chrism”) and Old High German ancho (“butter”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐɲd͡ʑ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɐɲd͡ʑ/

Root

अञ्ज् • (añj)

1. to anoint, smear
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 08.029.01

     babhrúr éko víṣuṇaḥ sūnáro yúvā
     añjí aṅkte hiraṇyáyam

     Brown, this one is changeable, a spirited youth;
     he smears golden unguent on himself (A riddle, answer: Soma)

Derived terms

• अक्त (aktá, “bedaubed; ointment”)
• अङ्क्त्वा (aṅktvā, “having besmeared”)
• अञ्जन (áñjana, “ointment, pigment, makeup”)
• अञ्जस् (áñjas, “ointment”)
• अञ्जि (añjí, “applying an ointment or pigment”)
• अञ्जि (añjí, “unctuous, smooth, sleek (of a penis)”)
• अनक्ति (anákti, “he anoints”)
• आज्य (ā́jya, “butter or an oil and milk mixture used at a sacrifice”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “अञ्ज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 11.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 2