निज्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নিজ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬶᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
• নিজ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰰𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀺𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• နိဇ် (Burmese script)
• નિજ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਨਿਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌿𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦶꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂱𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ನಿಜ್ (Kannada script)
• និជ៑ (Khmer script)
• ນິຊ຺ (Lao script)
• നിജ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᡳᡯ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘱𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠢᠽ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧒𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐶𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
• ନିଜ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢶꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆴𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖰𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
• නිජ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩑𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚮𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
• நிஜ் (Tamil script)
• నిజ్ (Telugu script)
• นิชฺ (Thai script)
• ནི་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒱𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨁𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to cleanse, wash”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νίζω (nízō), Old Irish nigid.

Root

निज् • (nij)

1. to wash, cleanse, purify

Usage notes

The intensive is used as the main present verb.

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root निज् (0 c, 1 e)

Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root निज् not found

Primary Verbal Forms

• निनेक्ति (ninekti, Present)
• नेक्ष्यति (nekṣyáti, Future)
• नेक्ता (nektā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अनिजत् (ánijat, Aorist)
• अनैक्षीत् (ánaikṣīt, Aorist)
• निनेज (ninéja, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• निज्यते (nijyáte, Passive)
• नेजयति (nejáyati, Causative)
• अनीनिजत् (ánīnijat, Causative Aorist)
• निनिक्षति (ninikṣati, Desiderative)
• नेनेक्ति (nénekti, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• निक्त (niktá, Past Participle)
• निजे (nije, Infinitive)
• निक्त्वा (niktvā́, Gerund)
• निज्य (nijya, Gerund)

Derived Nominal Forms

• नेजक (nejaka)
• नेजन (néjana)
• नेज्य (nejya)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अवनिज् (avanij)
• निर्णिज् (nirṇij)
• प्रणिज् (praṇij)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “निज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 546, column 3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 90
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 54