युज्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• যুজ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬸᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
• যুজ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰲𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀼𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ယုဇ် (Burmese script)
• યુજ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਯੁਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑍁𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦸꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂳𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಯುಜ್ (Kannada script)
• យុជ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຍຸຊ຺ (Lao script)
• യുജ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᡠᡯ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘳𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠤᠽ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑧔𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐸𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଯୁଜ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢫꢸꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆶𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖲𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
• යුජ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩒𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚰𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
• யுஜ் (Tamil script)
• యుజ్ (Telugu script)
• ยุชฺ (Thai script)
• ཡུ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒳𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨃𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join, yoke”). Cognate with Latin iungō whence English junction, join; Ancient Greek ζεύγνῡμῐ (zeúgnūmĭ, “to yoke”); English yoke.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /júd͡ʑ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /jud͡ʑ/

Root

युज् • (yuj)

1. to yoke or join or fasten or harness (horses or a chariot)
2. to make ready, prepare, arrange, fit out, set to work, use, employ, apply
3. to equip (an army),
4. to offer, perform (prayers, a sacrifice)
5. to put on (arrows on a bowstring)
6. to fix in, insert, inject (semen),
7. to appoint to, charge or intrust with
8. to command, enjoin
9. to turn or direct or fix or concentrate (the mind, thoughts) upon
10. to join, unite, connect, add, bring together (to be attached, cleave to)
11. to confer, or bestow anything upon
12. to bring into possession of, furnish or endow with

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root युज् (0 c, 11 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root युज् (11 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• युनक्ति (yunákti, Present)
• युञ्जति (yuñjati, Present)
• योक्ष्यति (yokṣyáti, Future)
• योक्ता (yoktā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अयोक्षीत् (áyokṣīt, Aorist)
• अयोक् (áyok, Aorist)
• अयुजत् (áyujat, Aorist)
• युयोज (yuyója, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• युज्यते (yujyáte, Passive)
• अयोजि (áyoji, Passive Aorist)
• योजयति (yojayati, Causative)
• अयूयुजत् (ayūyujat, Causative Aorist)
• योज्यते (yojyate, Passive of Causative)
• युयुक्षति (yuyukṣati, Desiderative)
• योयुज्यते (yoyujyate, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• युक्त (yuktá, Past Participle)
• योक्तुम् (yoktum, Infinitive)
• युजे (yujé, Infinitive)
• युक्त्वा (yuktvā́, Gerund)
• युक्त्वाय (yuktvā́ya, Gerund)
• योज्य (yojya, Gerundive)
• योजनीय (yojanīya, Gerundive)
• योक्तव्य (yoktavya, Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• योग (yóga, “yoking, team, junction, undertaking”)
• युग (yugá, “yoke, team, couple, brace; generation, age”)
• युग्म (yugma, “pair, couple, brace”)
• युग्य (yugya, “vehicle, chariot, car”)
• युज्य (yújya, “union, alliance, relationship”)
• युक्त (yuktá, “team, yoke, junction, connection”)
• योक्त्र (yóktra, “rope, thong, halter”)
• योक्तृ (yoktṛ́, “charioteer”)
• योगस् (yogas, “meditation”)
• योजन (yójana, “yoking; harnessing; yojana (unit of distance)”)
• योग्य (yógya, “fit for the yoke; draft animal”)
• योग्या (yógyā, “preparation, contrivance; exercise, practice; straps, traces”)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अनुयुज् (anuyuj)
• अभियुज् (abhiyuj)
• आयुज् (āyuj)
• उद्युज् (udyuj)
• उपयुज् (upayuj)
• नियुज् (niyuj)
• प्रयुज् (prayuj)
• वियुज् (viyuj)
• संयुज् (saṃyuj)

Noun

युज् • (yúj) stem, m

1. a yoke-fellow, companion, comrade, associate
2. a sage who devotes his time to abstract contemplation
3. a pair, couple, the number "two"
4. (in the dual) the two Aśvins

Declension

Masculine root-stem declension of युज्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	युक् (yúk)	युजौ (yújau) युजा¹ (yújā¹)	युजः (yújaḥ)
vocative	युक् (yúk)	युजौ (yújau) युजा¹ (yújā¹)	युजः (yújaḥ)
accusative	युजम् (yújam)	युजौ (yújau) युजा¹ (yújā¹)	युजः (yújaḥ)
instrumental	युजा (yujā́)	युग्भ्याम् (yugbhyā́m)	युग्भिः (yugbhíḥ)
dative	युजे (yujé)	युग्भ्याम् (yugbhyā́m)	युग्भ्यः (yugbhyáḥ)
ablative	युजः (yujáḥ)	युग्भ्याम् (yugbhyā́m)	युग्भ्यः (yugbhyáḥ)
genitive	युजः (yujáḥ)	युजोः (yujóḥ)	युजाम् (yujā́m)
locative	युजि (yují)	युजोः (yujóḥ)	युक्षु (yukṣú)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “युज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 853, columns 2-3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 132-133
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 413; 417-418