पूज्
Sanskrit
editAlternative scripts
edit- পূজ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬹᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
- পূজ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰳𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀽𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ပူဇ် (Burmese script)
- પૂજ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਪੂਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑍂𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦹꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
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- ꢦꢹꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
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- 𑖢𑖳𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
- පූජ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩒𑩛𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚱𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
- பூஜ் (Tamil script)
- పూజ్ (Telugu script)
- ปูชฺ (Thai script)
- པཱུ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒴𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨃𑨊𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
editOf unclear origin. Possibly from an early Prakritic form of the root पृच् (pṛc, “to mix, fill, give lavishly”), via a series of sound changes (illustrated for its derivatives) पृच् (pṛc) > *पृञ्चा (pṛñcā, “presentation of the mixed potion”) > पूजा (pūjā, “worship, respect, reverence”), as well as *पृञ्चन (pṛñcana, “mixing (for a guest of honor)”) > पूजन (pūjana, “honoring, hospitable reception”). This derivation has the advantage of not having to derive पूजन (pūjana) from the later-attested पूजा (pūjā). Other less likely theories derive the root from Dravidian (unlikely given the root's Vedic presence and high usage frequency), or from an unattested *पूर्या (pūryā), from the root पॄ (pṝ, “to give, grant”), which is likely related to पृच् (pṛc) regardless.[1]
Pronunciation
editRoot
editपूज् • (pūj)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “PŪJ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 154
Further reading
edit- Monier Williams (1899) “पूज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0641/1.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “पूज्”, 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 099
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “पूज्”, 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