ऋज्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• ऋञ्ज् (ṛñj)
• रज् (raj)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঋজ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬋᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ঋজ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰆𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀋𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ၒဇ် (Burmese script)
• ઋજ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਰਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌋𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦉꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂱𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಋಜ್ (Kannada script)
• ឫជ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຣິຊ຺ (Lao script)
• ഋജ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᡳᡯ (Manchu script)
• 𑘆𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠢᠽ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦦𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐆𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଋଜ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢈꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆉𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖆𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ඍජ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩙𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
• ரிஜ் (Tamil script)
• ఋజ్ (Telugu script)
• ฤชฺ (Thai script)
• རྀ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒇𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨉𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-.

Pronunciation

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

Root

ऋज् • (ṛj)

1. to direct, stretch

Derived terms

• ऋजिप्य (ṛjipyá, “going straight upwards”)
• ऋजीपिन् (ṛjīpín, “going straight upwards”)
• ऋजु (ṛjú, “straight”)
• ऋजूनस् (ṛjūnas, “straight-nosed (name of a man)”)
• ऋञ्जते (ṛñjate, “he straightens”)
• मनऋङ्ग (mánaṛṅga, “directing or guiding the mind”)
• रजि (rají, “upright (name of a man)”)
• रजि (ráji, “direction”)
• रजिष्ठ (rájiṣṭha, “straightest”)

 

Related terms

• राजन् (rājan, “king”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ऋज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 225.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 14