तेज

See also: तेज़, तीज, and ताज़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तेजस् (tejas).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪eːd͡ʒ/

Noun

तेज • (tej) m

1. spirit, vigour, life
2. lustre, sheen

   Synonym: चमक (camak)

Declension

Declension of तेज (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तेज tej	तेज tej
oblique	तेज tej	तेजों tejõ
vocative	तेज tej	तेजो tejo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तेज”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• teja (Latin script)
• 𑀢𑁂𑀚 (Brahmi script)
• তেজ (Bengali script)
• තෙජ (Sinhalese script)
• တေဇ or တေၹ (Burmese script)
• เตช or เตชะ (Thai script)
• ᨲᩮᨩ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຕຊ or ເຕຊະ (Lao script)
• តេជ (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄬𑄎 (Chakma script)

Noun

तेज n

1. Devanagari script form of teja (“brilliance”)

Noun

तेज

1. Devanagari script form of teja, which is vocative singular of तेजस् (tejas, “brilliance”)