Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄγω (ágō, to lead), Latin agō (to do), whence English agent, act and many more.

Pronunciation edit

Root edit

अज् (aj)

  1. to drive, propel, throw, cast

Derived terms edit

Primary Verbal Forms
Secondary Forms
Non-Finite Forms
Derived Nominal Forms

References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899), “अज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 9.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 2
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 50-51