अर्ज्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • অৰ্জ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬅᬃᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • অর্জ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰀𑰨𑰿𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀅𑀭𑁆𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • အရ်္ဇ် (Burmese script)
  • અર્જ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਅਰ੍ਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌅𑌰𑍍𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦄꦂꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂃𑂩𑂹𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಅರ್ಜ್ (Kannada script)
  • អជ៌៑ (Khmer script)
  • ອຣ຺ຊ຺ (Lao script)
  • അര്ജ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᠠᡵᡯ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘀𑘨𑘿𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠠᠷᠽ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦠𑧈𑧠𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐀𑐬𑑂𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଅର୍ଜ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢂꢬ꣄ꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆃𑆫𑇀𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖀𑖨𑖿𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • අර්‍ජ් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩐𑩼 𑪙𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚀𑚤𑚶𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
  • அர்ஜ் (Tamil script)
  • అర్జ్ (Telugu script)
  • อรฺชฺ (Thai script)
  • ཨ་རྫ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒁𑒩𑓂𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨀𑨫𑩇𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Unknown. Original meaning elusive, something like “to allow, carry” and therefore hard to etymologize. Also prone to confusion with Sanskrit ऋज् (ṛj, “to stretch, attain”).[1]

Pronunciation

Root

अर्ज् • (arj)

  1. to procure, acquire, obtain
  2. to stand firm
  3. to be of good health

Derived terms

References
  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 155f.

Further reading
  • Monier Williams (1899) “अर्ज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 90.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 14
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “अर्ज्”, 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
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