यज्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • যজ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬬᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • যজ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰧𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀬𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ယဇ် (Burmese script)
  • યજ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਯਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌯𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦪꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂨𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಯಜ್ (Kannada script)
  • យជ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ຍຊ຺ (Lao script)
  • യജ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᠶᠠᡯ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘧𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠶ᠋ᠠᠽ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧇𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐫𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଯଜ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢫꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆪𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖧𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • යජ් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩻𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚣𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
  • யஜ் (Tamil script)
  • యజ్ (Telugu script)
  • ยชฺ (Thai script)
  • ཡ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒨𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨪𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- (“to sacrifice, worship”). See also यजति (yajati) and यज्ञ (yajña).

Pronunciation

Root

यज् • (yaj)

  1. to worship, adore, honour
  2. to consecrate, hallow

Derived terms
  • Sanskrit: इज्य (ijya)
  • Sanskrit: यजत (yajatá)
  • Sanskrit: यज्य (yájya)
  • यजति (yajati)
  • यजुस् (yájus, “veneration, worship, sacerdotal formula”)
  • यज्ञ (yajña)
  • यज्यु (yájyu, “worshipping, devout; worthy of worship, adorable”)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “यज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0839.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 129
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “यज्”, 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
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 392-3
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