तिज्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• तेज् (tej)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তিজ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬶᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
• তিজ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰰𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀺𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• တိဇ် (Burmese script)
• તિજ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਤਿਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌿𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦶꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂱𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ತಿಜ್ (Kannada script)
• តិជ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຕິຊ຺ (Lao script)
• തിജ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᡳᡯ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘱𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠢᠽ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧒𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐶𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
• ତିଜ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢶꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆴𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖰𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
• තිජ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩑𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚮𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
• திஜ் (Tamil script)
• తిజ్ (Telugu script)
• ติชฺ (Thai script)
• ཏི་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒱𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨁𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp”).

Cognates include Latin (īn-)stīgō whence English instigate, Ancient Greek στῐ́γμᾰ (stígma, “a mark from a pointed instrument”), and English stick and thistle.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tid͡ʑ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /t̪id͡ʑ/

Root

तिज् • (tij)

1. to be or become sharp
2. to sharpen

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root तिज्‎ (0 c, 1 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• तेजते (téjate, Present)

Secondary Forms

• तेजयति (téjayati, Causative)
• तितिक्षते (títikṣate, Desiderative)
• तेतिक्ते (tétikte, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• तेजसे (téjase, Infinitive)
• तिक्त (tiktá, Past Participle)
• तितिक्षु (titikṣú, Desiderative Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• तिगित (tigitá)
• तिग्म (tigmá, “sharp, pointed”)
• तितिक्षा (titikṣā)
• तीक्ष्ण (tīkṣṇa, “sharp, hot, keen”)
• तेज (teja, “sharpness”)
• तेजन (téjana)
• तेजस् (téjas, “the sharp edge of a knife”)
• तेजिष्ठ (téjiṣṭha)
• तेजीयस् (téjīyas)

Prefixed Root Forms

• प्रतितिज् (pratitij)

Descendants

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root तिज्‎ (3 c, 0 e)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “तिज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0446/1.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “तिज्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 062
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “तिज्”, 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
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 645; 668-9

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 372
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 592
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1016, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1016