वृज्

वृज्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬯᬺᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ৱৃজ্ (Assamese script)
• বৃজ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰴𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀾𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌵𑍃𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
• વૃજ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵ੍ਹਜੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦮꦽꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
• វ្ឫជ៑ (Khmer script)
• ವೃಜ್ (Kannada script)
• ວ຺ຣິຊ຺ (Lao script)
• വൃജ് (Malayalam script)
• 𑘪𑘵𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠷᢈᠽ (Mongolian script)
• ᠸᡵᡳᡯ (Manchu script)
• ဝၖဇ် (Burmese script)
• 𑧊𑧖𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐺𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵୃଜ୍ (Oriya script)
• ꢮꢺꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆸𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖴𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
• වෘජ් (Sinhalese script)
• వృజ్ (Telugu script)
• วฺฤชฺ (Thai script)
• ཝྲྀ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒵𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *werg- (“to turn”), an extension of *wer- (“to turn”). Cognate with Latin vergō the source of English converge etc.

Pronunciation

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

Root

वृज् • (vṛj)

1. to bend, turn, twist
2. to pluck, gather
3. to wring off

Derived terms

• वृक्त (vṛktá, “twisted”)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “वृज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1009.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “वृज्”, 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 163
• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “वृज्”, 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

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1154