ध्रज्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

ध्रञ्ज् (dhrañj), ध्राज् (dhrāj)

Alternative scripts

ধ্ৰজ্ (Assamese script)
ᬥ᭄ᬭᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
ধ্রজ্ (Bengali script)
𑰠𑰿𑰨𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀥𑁆𑀭𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ဓြဇ် (Burmese script)
ધ્રજ્ (Gujarati script)
ਧ੍ਰਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌧𑍍𑌰𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦣꦿꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂡𑂹𑂩𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಧ್ರಜ್ (Kannada script)
ធ្រជ៑ (Khmer script)
ຘ຺ຣຊ຺ (Lao script)
ധ്രജ് (Malayalam script)
ᢡᡵᠠᡯ (Manchu script)
𑘠𑘿𑘨𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢑᠾᠷᠠᠽ (Mongolian script)
𑧀𑧠𑧈𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐢𑑂𑐬𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
ଧ୍ରଜ୍ (Odia script)
ꢤ꣄ꢬꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆣𑇀𑆫𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖠𑖿𑖨𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
ධ්‍රජ් (Sinhalese script)
𑩮 𑪙𑩼𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚜𑚶𑚤𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
த்⁴ரஜ் (Tamil script)
ధ్రజ్ (Telugu script)
ธฺรชฺ (Thai script)
དྷྲ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒡𑓂𑒩𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨜𑩇𑨫𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Mayrhofer is skeptical of assigning any etymology to the root. He seems to have a preference for linking the root to Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to run, drag, pull”), but notes that any evidence for a connection looks to be arbitrary.^[1]^[2]

On the other hand, Orel indirectly notes a derivation from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰráȷ́-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰráȷ́-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ- (“to glide, swoop”), and connects the root to Lithuanian drėgti (“to become moist”) and English drink.^[3]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱɾɐd͡ʑ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱɾɐd͡ʑ/

Root

ध्रज् • (dhraj)

to move, go, glide, fly, sweep on

Derived terms

References

Monier Williams (1899) “ध्रज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 521/2.
William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 86

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 798
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 115
^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*đrenkanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 75

[1] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 798

[2] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 115

[3] Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*đrenkanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 75

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