भ्राज्

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Etymology edit

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (shining, white). Cognate with Ancient Greek φλέγω (phlégō, burn, scorch), φλέγμᾰ (phlégma, flame, phlegm); Latin flagrō (burn, blaze) whence flagrant, Proto-Italic *flāgmā whence Latin flamma (flame).

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भ्राज् (bhrāj)

  1. to shine, beam, sparkle, glitter

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References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “भ्राज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0770.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “भ्राज्”, 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 0115
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “भ्राज्”, 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