काञ्जी

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• काञ्जिक (kāñjika), काञ्जिका (kāñjikā), काञ्जीकम् (kāñjīkam)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কাঞ্জী (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬵᬜ᭄ᬚᬷ (Balinese script)
• কাঞ্জী (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰯𑰗𑰿𑰕𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀸𑀜𑁆𑀚𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ကာဉ္ဇီ (Burmese script)
• કાઞ્જી (Gujarati script)
• ਕਾਞ੍ਜੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌾𑌞𑍍𑌜𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦴꦚ꧀ꦗꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂰𑂖𑂹𑂔𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಾಞ್ಜೀ (Kannada script)
• កាញ្ជី (Khmer script)
• ກາຎ຺ຊີ (Lao script)
• കാഞ്ജീ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᡳᠶᡯᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘰𑘗𑘿𑘕𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢗᡛᠽᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧑𑦷𑧠𑦵𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐵𑐘𑑂𑐖𑐷 (Newa script)
• କାଞ୍ଜୀ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢵꢛ꣄ꢙꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆳𑆚𑇀𑆘𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖯𑖗𑖿𑖕𑖱 (Siddham script)
• කාඤ‍්ජී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩛𑩥 𑪙𑩣𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚭𑚓𑚶𑚑𑚯 (Takri script)
• காஞ்ஜீ (Tamil script)
• కాఞ్జీ (Telugu script)
• กาญฺชี (Thai script)
• ཀཱ་ཉྫཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒰𑒘𑓂𑒖𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨊𑨓𑩇𑨥𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kañci.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɑːɲ.d͡ʑiː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːɲ.d͡ʑiː/

Noun

काञ्जी • (kāñjī) stem, ?

1. sour gruel

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “काञ्जिक,+काञ्जिका,+काञ्जी,+काञ्जीकम्”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]