युज्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join, yoke”). Cognate with Latin iungō whence English junction, join; Ancient Greek ζεύγνῡμῐ (zeúgnūmi, “to yoke”); English yoke.

Pronunciation

Noun

युज् • (yúj) stem, m

  1. a yoke-fellow , companion , comrade , associate
  2. a sage who devotes his time to abstract contemplation
  3. a pair , couple , the number " two "
  4. du. the two Aśvins

Root

युज् • (yuj)

  1. to join, to yoke

Derived terms
  • युक्त (yuktá, “team, yoke, junction, connection”)
  • युग (yugá, “yoke, team, couple, brace; generation, age”)
  • युग्म (yugma, “pair, couple, brace”)
  • युग्य (yugya, “vehicle, chariot, car”)
  • युज्य (yújya, “union, alliance, relationship”)
  • युनक्ति (yunákti, “to yoke; to join; to harness”)
  • योक्तृ (yoktṛ́, “charioteer”)
  • योक्त्र (yóktra, “rope, thong, halter”)
  • योग (yóga, “yoking, team, junction, undertaking”)
  • योगस् (yogas, “meditation”)
  • योग्य (yógya, “fit for the yoke; draft animal”)
  • योग्या (yógyā, “preparation, contrivance; exercise, practice; straps, traces”)
  • योजन (yójana, “yoking; harnessing; yojana (unit of distance)”)
  • योज्य (yojya, “to be joined; to be united”)
  • योत्र (yotra, “a fastening, tie, rope”)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “युज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 853/2-3.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 132-133
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 413; 417-418
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