स्वञ्ज्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬲ᭄ᬯᬜ᭄ᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
- স্ৱঞ্জ্ (Assamese script)
- স্বঞ্জ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰿𑰪𑰗𑰿𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁆𑀯𑀜𑁆𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌞𑍍𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
- સ્વઞ્જ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸੑਵਞੑਜੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦱ꧀ꦮꦚ꧀ꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
- ស្វញ្ជ៑ (Khmer script)
- ಸ್ವಞ್ಜ್ (Kannada script)
- ສ຺ວຎ຺ຊ຺ (Lao script)
- സ്വഞ്ജ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘭𑘿𑘪𑘗𑘿𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠰᢦᡛᠽ (Mongolian script)
- ᠰᠣᠸᠠᠨᡳᠶᡯ (Manchu script)
- သွဉ္ဇ် (Burmese script)
- 𑧍𑧠𑧊𑦷𑧠𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑑂𑐰𑐘𑑂𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
- ସ୍ଵଞ୍ଜ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢱ꣄ꢮꢛ꣄ꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑇀𑆮𑆚𑇀𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖿𑖪𑖗𑖿𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ස්වඤ්ජ් (Sinhalese script)
- స్వఞ్జ్ (Telugu script)
- สฺวญฺชฺ (Thai script)
- སྭ་ཉྫ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑓂𑒫𑒘𑓂𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sweng- or *swengʷʰ- (“to bend, swing”). Cognate with English swing, swank, sway, and via Old Norse, swag, swagger.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sʋɐɲd͡ʑ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /s̪ʋɐɲd͡ʑ/
Root
स्वञ्ज् • (svañj)
- to embrace, clasp, encircle
- to twist or wind round
Derived terms
- स्वजते (svájate)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “स्वञ्ज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1279.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 200
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “स्वञ्ज्”, 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), “स्वञ्ज्”, 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 383
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 611
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1047