यज्ञ

यज्ञ

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit यज्ञ (yajñá). Doublet of

जशन (jaśn), a Persian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjəɡʲ/

Noun

यज्ञ • (yagy) m

1. (chiefly Hinduism) sacrifice, oblation.

Declension

Declension of यज्ञ
	Singular	Plural
Direct	यज्ञ (yagy)	यज्ञ (yagy)
Oblique	यज्ञ (yagy)	यज्ञों (yagyõ)
Vocative	यज्ञ (yagy)	यज्ञो (yagyo)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *yaȷ́nás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yaȷ́nás, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂ǵ-nós, from *Hyeh₂ǵ- (“to sacrifice, worship”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀‎ (yasna), Ancient Greek ἁγνός (hagnós), Latin ieiunus, Persian جشن‎ (jašn, “festival”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐd͡ʑ.ɲɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈjɐd͡ʑ.ɲɐ/

Noun

यज्ञ • (yajñá) m

1. worship, devotion, prayer, praise
2. act of worship or devotion, offering, oblation, sacrifice
3. a worshipper, sacrificer
4. fire
5. Sacrifice personified

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of यज्ञ (yajñá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	यज्ञः yajñáḥ	यज्ञौ yajñaú	यज्ञाः / यज्ञासः¹ yajñā́ḥ / yajñā́saḥ¹
Vocative	यज्ञ yájña	यज्ञौ yájñau	यज्ञाः / यज्ञासः¹ yájñāḥ / yájñāsaḥ¹
Accusative	यज्ञम् yajñám	यज्ञौ yajñaú	यज्ञान् yajñā́n
Instrumental	यज्ञेन yajñéna	यज्ञाभ्याम् yajñā́bhyām	यज्ञैः / यज्ञेभिः¹ yajñaíḥ / yajñébhiḥ¹
Dative	यज्ञाय yajñā́ya	यज्ञाभ्याम् yajñā́bhyām	यज्ञेभ्यः yajñébhyaḥ
Ablative	यज्ञात् yajñā́t	यज्ञाभ्याम् yajñā́bhyām	यज्ञेभ्यः yajñébhyaḥ
Genitive	यज्ञस्य yajñásya	यज्ञयोः yajñáyoḥ	यज्ञानाम् yajñā́nām
Locative	यज्ञे yajñé	यज्ञयोः yajñáyoḥ	यज्ञेषु yajñéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• यज्ञोपवीत (yajñopavīta, “sacred thread”)

Descendants

• Pali: yañña
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡 (jaṇṇa)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “यज्ञ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 839/2.