अज्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অজ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
• অজ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• အဇ် (Burmese script)
• અજ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಜ್ (Kannada script)
• អជ៑ (Khmer script)
• ອຊ຺ (Lao script)
• അജ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᡯ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠽ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଅଜ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
• අජ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
• அஜ் (Tamil script)
• అజ్ (Telugu script)
• อชฺ (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐd͡ʑ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐd͡ʑ/

Root

अज् • (aj)

1. to drive, propel, throw, cast

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root अज्‎ (0 c, 6 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• अजति (ájati, Present)
• आजीत् (ā́jīt, Aorist)

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]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 50-51