Sanskrit edit

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂werg- (to turn). Cognate with Latin vergō, the source of English converge etc.

Pronunciation edit

Root edit

वृज् (vṛj)

  1. to bend, turn, twist
  2. to pluck, gather
  3. to wring off

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “वृज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1008, column 3.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “वृज्”, 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 163
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “वृज्”, 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