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Etymology

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    From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́wal-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́wal-, 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

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    Root

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    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

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    References

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    • Monier Williams (1899) “ज्वल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 428, column 2.
    • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 57
    • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “jval”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[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