अज्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄγω (ágō, to lead), Latin agō (to do), whence English agent, act and many more.

Pronunciation

Root

अज् • (aj)

  1. to drive, propel, throw, cast

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root अज्‎ (0 c, 5 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
Secondary Forms
  • अज्यते (ajyáte, Passive)
  • अजिजिषति (ajijiṣati, Desiderative)
Non-Finite Forms
  • अजितुम् (ájitum, Infinitive)
  • अजित्वा (ajitvā́, Gerund)
  • अक्त (aktá, Past Participle)
  • अजित (ajitá, Past Participle)
Derived Nominal Forms
  • अज (ajá, a drove, troop)
  • अजन (ájana, act of instigating or moving)
  • अजिर (ajirá, agile)
  • अज्म (ájma, career, march)
  • अज्मन् (ájman, career, passage, battle)
  • अज्र (ájra, a field, a plain)
  • अज्विन् (ajvin, active, agile)
  • आजि (ājí, match, fight, combat)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “अज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 9.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 2
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 50-51
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