मज्ज्

मज्ज्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬫᬚ᭄ᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
• মজ্জ্ (Assamese script)
• মজ্জ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰕𑰿𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌮𑌜𑍍𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
• મજ્જ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਜੑਜੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦩꦗ꧀ꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
• មជ្ជ៑ (Khmer script)
• ಮಜ್ಜ್ (Kannada script)
• ມຊ຺ຊ຺ (Lao script)
• മജ്ജ് (Malayalam script)
• 𑘦𑘕𑘿𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠽᠽ (Mongolian script)
• ᠮᠠᡯᡯ (Manchu script)
• မဇ္ဇ် (Burmese script)
• 𑧆𑦵𑧠𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐖𑑂𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
• ମଜ୍ଜ୍ (Oriya script)
• ꢪꢙ꣄ꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆘𑇀𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖕𑖿𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
• මජ්ජ් (Sinhalese script)
• మజ్జ్ (Telugu script)
• มชฺชฺ (Thai script)
• མ་ཛྫ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒖𑓂𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mesg- (“to dip, sink”). Cognate with Latin mergō (“dip, immerse”), Lithuanian mazgóti (“to wash”), Latvian mazgât (“to wash”), Russian Москва́ (Moskvá, “Moscow”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐdd͡ʑ/, [mɐd̚d͡ʑ]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mɐd̪d͡ʑ/, [mɐd̪̚d͡ʑ]

Root

मज्ज् • (majj)

1. to sink, dive, plunge

Derived terms

• मज्जति (májjati)
• मग्न (magná, “immersed”)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “मज्ज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0773.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “मज्ज्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 116
• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “मज्ज्”, 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

• Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 403
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 441
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0745