अर्ज्

अर्ज्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬅᬃᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
• অৰ্জ্ (Assamese script)
• অর্জ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰨𑰿𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀭𑁆𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌅𑌰𑍍𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
• અર્જ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਰੑਜੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦄꦂꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
• អជ៌៑ (Khmer script)
• ಅರ್ಜ್ (Kannada script)
• ອຣ຺ຊ຺ (Lao script)
• അര്ജ് (Malayalam script)
• 𑘀𑘨𑘿𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠷᠽ (Mongolian script)
• ᠠᡵᡯ (Manchu script)
• အရ်္ဇ် (Burmese script)
• 𑦠𑧈𑧠𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐬𑑂𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଅର୍ଜ୍ (Oriya script)
• ꢂꢬ꣄ꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆫𑇀𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖨𑖿𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
• අර්ජ් (Sinhalese script)
• అర్జ్ (Telugu script)
• อรฺชฺ (Thai script)
• ཨ་རྫ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒩𑓂𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Unknown. Original meaning elusive, something like “to allow, carry” and therefore hard to etymologize. Also prone to confusion with Sanskrit ऋज् (ṛj, “to stretch, attain”)![1]

Pronunciation

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

Root

अर्ज् • (arj)

1. to procure, acquire, obtain
2. to stand firm
3. to be of good health

Derived terms

• अर्जन (arjana)
• अर्जित (arjita)
• उपार्जन (upārjana)
• उपार्ज् (upārj)

 

References

1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 155f.

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “अर्ज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 90.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 14
• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “अर्ज्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016