सञ्ज्

सञ्ज्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬲᬜ᭄ᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
• সঞ্জ্ (Assamese script)
• সঞ্জ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰗𑰿𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀜𑁆𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌸𑌞𑍍𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
• સઞ્જ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਞੑਜੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦱꦚ꧀ꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
• សញ្ជ៑ (Khmer script)
• ಸಞ್ಜ್ (Kannada script)
• ສຎ຺ຊ຺ (Lao script)
• സഞ്ജ് (Malayalam script)
• 𑘭𑘗𑘿𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᡛᠽ (Mongolian script)
• ᠰᠠᠨᡳᠶᡯ (Manchu script)
• သဉ္ဇ် (Burmese script)
• 𑧍𑦷𑧠𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐘𑑂𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
• ସଞ୍ଜ୍ (Oriya script)
• ꢱꢛ꣄ꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆚𑇀𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖗𑖿𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
• සඤ්ජ් (Sinhalese script)
• సఞ్జ్ (Telugu script)
• สญฺชฺ (Thai script)
• ས་ཉྫ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒘𑓂𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *seg-, *seng- (“to fasten, attach, touch”). Cognate with Lithuanian sègti (“to fasten, to pin”), Latvian segt (“to cover”), Proto-Slavic *sę̄gnǫ̀ti (“to reach”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐɲd͡ʑ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐɲd͡ʑ/

Root

सञ्ज् • (sañj)

1. to go, move
2. to cling or stick or adhere to, be attached to or engaged in or occupied with
3. to be attached or fastened, adhere, cling, stick
4. to linger, hesitate
5. to be devoted to, intent on or occupied with
6. to cause to stick or cling to, unite or connect with

Derived terms

• अनुप्रसञ्ज् (anuprasañj)
• आसक्त (āsakta)
• आसञ्ज् (āsañj)
• सक्त (sakta)
• सञ्जन (sañjana)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “सञ्ज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1132.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 182
• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “सञ्ज्”, 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
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “सञ्ज्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press

• 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 381
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 516
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0887