यज्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬬᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
- যজ্ (Assamese script)
- যজ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰧𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀬𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌯𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
- યજ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਯਜੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦪꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
- យជ៑ (Khmer script)
- ಯಜ್ (Kannada script)
- ຍຊ຺ (Lao script)
- യജ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘧𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠶ᠋ᠠᠽ (Mongolian script)
- ᠶᠠᡯ (Manchu script)
- ယဇ် (Burmese script)
- 𑧇𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐫𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଯଜ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢫꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆪𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖧𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
- යජ් (Sinhalese script)
- యజ్ (Telugu script)
- ยชฺ (Thai script)
- ཡ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒨𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- (“to sacrifice, worship”). See also यजति (yajati) and यज्ञ (yajña).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /jɐd͡ʑ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /jɐd͡ʑ/
Root
यज् • (yaj)
- to worship, adore, honor
- to consecrate, hallow
Derived terms
- यजति (yajati)
- यज्ञ (yajña)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “यज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0839.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 129
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “यज्”, 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