Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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Unknown. Original meaning elusive, something like “to allow, carry” and therefore hard to etymologize. Also prone to confusion with Sanskrit ऋज् (ṛj, to stretch, attain).[1]

Pronunciation

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Root

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अर्ज् (arj)

  1. to procure, acquire, obtain
  2. to stand firm
  3. to be of good health

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 155f.

Further reading

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “अर्ज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 90.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 14
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “अर्ज्”, 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