षड्ज

Hindi

Alternative forms

• षड़ज (ṣaṛaj)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit षड्ज (ṣaḍja), from षष् (ṣaṣ) +‎ -ज (-ja), literally “generating the six (notes)”. Doublet of खरज (kharaj).

Proper noun

षड्ज • (ṣaḍja) m

1. (Indian classical music) the first note of the Indian solfege (सप्तक (saptak)), denoted सा (sā)

   डागरबानी में षड्ज चलयमान मनाया जाता है ― ḍāgarbānī mẽ ṣaḍj calaymān manāyā jātā hai