तिज्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • तेज् (tej)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (to be sharp).

Cognates include Latin (īn-)stīgō whence English instigate, Ancient Greek στῐ́γμᾰ (stígma, a mark from a pointed instrument), and English stick and thistle.

Pronunciation

Root

तिज् • (tij)

  1. to be or become sharp
  2. to sharpen

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root तिज्‎ (0 c, 1 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
Secondary Forms
  • तेजयति (téjayati, Causative)
  • तितिक्षते (títikṣate, Desiderative)
  • तेतिक्ते (tétikte, Intensive)
Non-Finite Forms
  • तेजसे (téjase, Infinitive)
  • तिक्त (tiktá, Past Participle)
  • तितिक्षु (titikṣú, Desiderative Participle)
Derived Nominal Forms
Prefixed Root Forms
  • प्रतितिज् (pratitij)

Descendants

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root तिज्‎ (3 c, 0 e)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “तिज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0446/1.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “तिज्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 062
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “तिज्”, 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 (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 645; 668-9
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