ज्वल्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জ্বল্ (Assamese script)
• ᬚ᭄ᬯᬮ᭄ (Balinese script)
• জ্বল্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰿𑰪𑰩𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑁆𑀯𑀮𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဇွလ် (Burmese script)
• જ્વલ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਜ੍ਵਲ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑍍𑌵𑌲𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦗ꧀ꦮꦭ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂹𑂫𑂪𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಜ್ವಲ್ (Kannada script)
• ជ្វល៑ (Khmer script)
• ຊ຺ວລ຺ (Lao script)
• ജ്വല് (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠣᠸᠠᠯ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘿𑘪𑘩𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠽᢦᠯ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧠𑧊𑧉𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑑂𑐰𑐮𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଜ୍ଵଲ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢙ꣄ꢮꢭ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑇀𑆮𑆬𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖿𑖪𑖩𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ජ‍්වල් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣 𑪙𑩾𑩽 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚶𑚦𑚥𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஜ்வல் (Tamil script)
• జ్వల్ (Telugu script)
• ชฺวลฺ (Thai script)
• ཛྭ་ལ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑓂𑒫𑒪𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑩇𑨭𑨬𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH-

Sanskrit ज्वल् (jval)

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́wál-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́wál-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- (“to burn, to glow”). Cognate with Lithuanian žvìlti, Old English col (whence English coal). Related to the root ज्वर् (jvar, “to be feverish”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑʋɐ́l/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑʋɐl̪/

Root

ज्वल् • (jval)

1. to burn brightly, blaze, glow, shine
2. to burn (as a wound)
3. to set on fire, light, kindle, make radiant, illuminate

Derived terms

• अज्वलिषुर् (ajvaliṣur)
• अज्वालीत् (ajvālīt)
• जाज्वलति (jājvalati)
• ज्वलति (jvalati)
• ज्वलत् (jvalat)
• ज्वलयति (jvalayati)
• ज्वाला (jvālā)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ज्वल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 428/2.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 57
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 607
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 259