ज्योतिरिङ्गण

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Compound of ज्योतिर् (jyotir, “light”) +‎ इङ्गन (iṅgana, “moving, shaking”), literally “moving light”.

Pronunciation

(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑjoː.t̪iˈɾiŋ.ɡɐ.ɳɐ/

Noun

ज्योतिरिङ्गण • (jyotiriṅgaṇa) stem, m

(Classical Sanskrit) firefly
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:खद्योत

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ज्योतिरिङ्गण (jyotiriṅgaṇa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ज्योतिरिङ्गणः jyotiriṅgaṇaḥ	ज्योतिरिङ्गणौ jyotiriṅgaṇau	ज्योतिरिङ्गणाः jyotiriṅgaṇāḥ
Vocative	ज्योतिरिङ्गण jyotiriṅgaṇa	ज्योतिरिङ्गणौ jyotiriṅgaṇau	ज्योतिरिङ्गणाः jyotiriṅgaṇāḥ
Accusative	ज्योतिरिङ्गणम् jyotiriṅgaṇam	ज्योतिरिङ्गणौ jyotiriṅgaṇau	ज्योतिरिङ्गणान् jyotiriṅgaṇān
Instrumental	ज्योतिरिङ्गणेन jyotiriṅgaṇena	ज्योतिरिङ्गणाभ्याम् jyotiriṅgaṇābhyām	ज्योतिरिङ्गणैः jyotiriṅgaṇaiḥ
Dative	ज्योतिरिङ्गणाय jyotiriṅgaṇāya	ज्योतिरिङ्गणाभ्याम् jyotiriṅgaṇābhyām	ज्योतिरिङ्गणेभ्यः jyotiriṅgaṇebhyaḥ
Ablative	ज्योतिरिङ्गणात् jyotiriṅgaṇāt	ज्योतिरिङ्गणाभ्याम् jyotiriṅgaṇābhyām	ज्योतिरिङ्गणेभ्यः jyotiriṅgaṇebhyaḥ
Genitive	ज्योतिरिङ्गणस्य jyotiriṅgaṇasya	ज्योतिरिङ्गणयोः jyotiriṅgaṇayoḥ	ज्योतिरिङ्गणानाम् jyotiriṅgaṇānām
Locative	ज्योतिरिङ्गणे jyotiriṅgaṇe	ज्योतिरिङ्गणयोः jyotiriṅgaṇayoḥ	ज्योतिरिङ्गणेषु jyotiriṅgaṇeṣu

Descendants

Prakrit: 𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡 (joiṃgaṇa)
- Maithili: जोगनी (jōgᵊnī)
- Hindustani: jugnū
  Hindi: जुगनू
  
  Urdu: جُگْنُو
→ Hindi: ज्योतिरिंगण (jyotiriṅgaṇ) (learned)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “ज्योतिरिङ्गण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 427, column 2.
Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “jyotiriṅgaṇa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “ज्योतिरिङ्गण”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 746
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jyōtiriṅgaṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 292