वृज्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱৃজ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬺᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বৃজ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰴𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀾𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဝၖဇ် (Burmese script)
• વૃજ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵ੍ਰਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑍃𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦽꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑃂𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ವೃಜ್ (Kannada script)
• វ្ឫជ៑ (Khmer script)
• ວ຺ຣິຊ຺ (Lao script)
• വൃജ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡵᡳᡯ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘵𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠷᠢᠽ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧖𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐺𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵୃଜ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢺꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆸𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖴𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
• වෘජ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩙𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
• வ்ரிஜ் (Tamil script)
• వృజ్ (Telugu script)
• วฺฤชฺ (Thai script)
• ཝྲྀ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒵𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨼𑨉𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂werg- (“to turn”). Cognate with Latin vergō, the source of English converge etc.

Pronunciation

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

Root

वृज् • (vṛj)

1. to bend, turn, twist
2. to pluck, gather
3. to wring off

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वृज् (0 c, 7 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वृज् (1 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• वृणक्ति (vṛṇákti, Present)
• वर्क्ष्यति (varkṣyáti, Future)
• अवर्क् (ávark, Aorist)
• अवार्क्षीत् (ávārkṣīt, Aorist)
• अवृक्षत् (ávṛkṣat, Aorist)
• वृज्यात् (vṛjyā́t, Benedictive)
• ववर्ज (vavárja, Perfect)
• वावृजे (vāvṛjé, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• वर्जयति (varjáyati, Causative)
• अववर्जत् (avavarjat, Causative Aorist)
• वर्ज्यते (varjyate, Passive of Causative)
• विवृक्षते (vívṛkṣate, Desiderative)
• वरीवृज्यते (varīvṛjyate, Intensive)
• वरीवर्जयति (varīvarjáyati, Causative of Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• वृक्त (vṛktá, Past Participle)
• वर्जितुम् (varjitum, Infinitive)
• वृजे (vṛ́je, Infinitive)
• वृञ्जसे (vṛñjáse, Infinitive)
• वृजध्यै (vṛjádhyai, Infinitive)
• वृक्त्वी (vṛktvī́, Gerund)
• वर्ज्य (varjya, Gerundive)
• वर्जनीय (varjanīya, Gerundive)
• वर्जयितव्य (varjayitavya, Causative Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• वर्ग (varga)
• वर्जक (varjaka)
• वर्जिन् (varjin)
• वृजन (vṛjána, vṛ́jana)
• व्रज (vrajá)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वृज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1008, column 3.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “वृज्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 163
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “वृज्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016