वीज्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• व्यज् (vyaj), वीजय् (vījay)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱীজ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬷᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বীজ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰱𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀻𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဝီဇ် (Burmese script)
• વીજ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵੀਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑍀𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦷꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂲𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ವೀಜ್ (Kannada script)
• វីជ៑ (Khmer script)
• ວີຊ຺ (Lao script)
• വീജ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᡳᡯ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘲𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᠢᠽ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧓𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐷𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵୀଜ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢷꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆵𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖱𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
• වීජ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑩛𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚯𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
• வீஜ் (Tamil script)
• వీజ్ (Telugu script)
• วีชฺ (Thai script)
• ཝཱི་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒲𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨊𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Denominal root from व्यजन (vyajana, “fan”); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋíːd͡ʑ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋiːd͡ʑ/

Root

वीज् • (vīj)

1. to fan, cool by blowing upon or fanning
2. to sprinkle with water
3. to fan, blow, kindle (a fire)
4. to stroke, caress

Derived terms

• विव्यजुः (vivyajuḥ)
• वीजति (vījati)
• वीजते (vījate)
• वीजयति (vījayati)
• वीज्यते (vījyate)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वीज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1004/3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 162
• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “वीज्”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 235
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 482