यज्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• इज् (ij)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• যজ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
• যজ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ယဇ် (Burmese script)
• યજ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਯਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಯಜ್ (Kannada script)
• យជ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຍຊ຺ (Lao script)
• യജ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᠠᡯ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠠᠽ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଯଜ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢫꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
• යජ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
• யஜ் (Tamil script)
• యజ్ (Telugu script)
• ยชฺ (Thai script)
• ཡ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hyaȷ́-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- (“to sacrifice, worship”).

Pronunciation

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

Root

यज् • (yaj)

1. to worship, adore, honour
2. to consecrate, hallow

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root यज् (0 c, 6 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root यज् (4 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• यजति (yájati, Present)
• यक्ष्यति (yakṣyáti, Future)
• यष्टा (yaṣṭā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अयाक्षीत् (áyākṣīt, Aorist)
• इज्यात् (ijyāt, Benedictive)
• इयाज (iyā́ja, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• इज्यते (ijyate, Passive)
• याजयति (yājayati, Causative)
• अयीयजत् (ayīyajat, Causative Aorist)
• यियक्षति (yiyakṣati, Desiderative)
• यायज्यते (yāyajyate, Intensive)
• यायष्टि (yāyaṣṭi, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• इष्ट (iṣṭá, Past Participle)
• यष्टुम् (yáṣṭum, Infinitive)
• ईजितुम् (ījitum, Infinitive)
• यजध्यै (yajadhyai, Infinitive)
• इष्ट्वा (iṣṭvā́, Gerund)
• इज्य (ijya, Gerundive)
• यष्टव्य (yaṣṭavyà, Gerundive)
• यजनीय (yajanīya, Gerundive)
• याज्य (yājya, Causative Gerundive)
• याजयितव्य (yājayitavyà, Causative Gerundive)
• याजनीय (yājanīya, Causative Gerundive)
• यियक्षु (yiyakṣu, Desiderative Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• इज्या (ijyā)
• इष्टि (íṣṭi)
• इष्टिन् (iṣṭín)
• यज (yája)
• यजत (yajatá)
• यजत्र (yájatra)
• यजथ (yajátha)
• यजस् (yájas, “sacrifice”)
• यजस् (yajás, “worshipping”)
• यजिष्ठ (yájiṣṭha)
• यजीयस् (yájīyas)
• यजुस् (yájus)
• यज्ञ (yajñá)
• यज्य (yájya)
• यज्यु (yájyu)
• यज्वन् (yájvan)
• यज्विन् (yajvin)
• यष्टृ (yaṣṭṛ)
• याजक (yājaka)
• याज्या (yājyā̀)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अतियज् (atiyaj)
• अपयज् (apayaj)
• अभियज् (abhiyaj)
• अवयज् (avayaj)
• आयज् (āyaj)
• उपयज् (upayaj)
• परियज् (pariyaj)
• प्रतियज् (pratiyaj)
• प्रयज् (prayaj)
• संयज् (saṃyaj)

The desiderative इयक्षति (íyakṣati) is rather from अक्ष् (akṣ), etymologically related to नश् (naś, “to reach, attain”).

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “यज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 838, column 3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 129
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “यज्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “yaj”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 392-3