वीज्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• व्यज् (vyaj), वीजय् (vījay)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱীজ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬷᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বীজ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰱𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀻𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဝီဇ် (Burmese script)
• વીજ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵੀਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑍀𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦷꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂲𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ವೀಜ್ (Kannada script)
• វីជ៑ (Khmer script)
• ວີຊ຺ (Lao script)
• വീജ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᡳᡯ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘲𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᠢᠽ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧓𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐷𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵୀଜ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢷꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆵𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖱𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
• වීජ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑩛𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚯𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
• வீஜ் (Tamil script)
• వీజ్ (Telugu script)
• วีชฺ (Thai script)
• ཝཱི་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒲𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨊𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Denominal root from व्यजन (vyajana, “fan”); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋíːd͡ʑ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋiːd͡ʑ/

Root

वीज् • (vīj)

1. to fan, cool by blowing upon or fanning
2. to sprinkle with water
3. to fan, blow, kindle (a fire)
4. to stroke, caress

Derived terms

Category Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वीज् not found

Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वीज् not found

Primary Verbal Forms

• वीजति (vījáti, Present)
• वीजते (vījáte, Present)

Secondary Forms

• वीजयति (vījayáti, Causative)

Derived Nominal Forms

• विव्यजुः (vivyajuḥ)
• वीज्यते (vījyate)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वीज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1004/3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 162
• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “वीज्”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 235
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 482