व्यजन
Hindi
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Sanskrit व्यजन (vyajana).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editव्यजन • (vyajan) m
- fan, ventilator
- Synonym: पंखा (paṅkhā)
Declension
editSanskrit
editAlternative scripts
editAlternative scripts
- ৱ্যজন (Assamese script)
- ᬯ᭄ᬬᬚᬦ (Balinese script)
- ব্যজন (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰿𑰧𑰕𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑁆𑀬𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ဝျဇန (Burmese script)
- વ્યજન (Gujarati script)
- ਵ੍ਯਜਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌜𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦾꦗꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂹𑂨𑂔𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ವ್ಯಜನ (Kannada script)
- វ្យជន (Khmer script)
- ວ຺ຍຊນ (Lao script)
- വ്യജന (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠶᠠᡯᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘿𑘧𑘕𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠶ᠋ᠠᠽᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧠𑧇𑦵𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑑂𑐫𑐖𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଵ୍ଯଜନ (Odia script)
- ꢮ꣄ꢫꢙꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑇀𑆪𑆘𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖿𑖧𑖕𑖡 (Siddham script)
- ව්යජන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾 𑪙𑩻𑩣𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚶𑚣𑚑𑚝 (Takri script)
- வ்யஜந (Tamil script)
- వ్యజన (Telugu script)
- วฺยชน (Thai script)
- ཝྱ་ཛ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑓂𑒨𑒖𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑩇𑨪𑨥𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
editOf unclear origin, with many theories proposed:
- Hoffman considers the word a compound of वि- (vi-, “apart, away”) + ईज- (īja-), the latter from the root अज् (aj, “to drive, propel”). This appears to be Mayrhofer's preferred derivation.
- Burrow considers the word as borrowed from Dravidian; compare Tamil வீசு (vīcu, “to throw; to blow (of wind)”), Telugu వీచు (vīcu, “to blow (of wind); to wave (as a fan)”), Kui (India) ୱୀଂଜା (wīñja). In light of the word's lack of Vedic attestation, the possibility of this derivation rises.
- Wright considers the word as jointly derived from the roots विच् (vic, “to sift”) and विज् (vij, “to dart, speed”), with contamination from the Dravidian root above.
- Horn notes a similarity to Persian بادبزن (bâdbezan, “(hand) fan”), though a relation is unlikely.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editव्यजन • (vyajana) stem, n
Declension
editNeuter a-stem declension of व्यजन (vyajana) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | व्यजनम् vyajanam |
व्यजने vyajane |
व्यजनानि / व्यजना¹ vyajanāni / vyajanā¹ |
Vocative | व्यजन vyajana |
व्यजने vyajane |
व्यजनानि / व्यजना¹ vyajanāni / vyajanā¹ |
Accusative | व्यजनम् vyajanam |
व्यजने vyajane |
व्यजनानि / व्यजना¹ vyajanāni / vyajanā¹ |
Instrumental | व्यजनेन vyajanena |
व्यजनाभ्याम् vyajanābhyām |
व्यजनैः / व्यजनेभिः¹ vyajanaiḥ / vyajanebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | व्यजनाय vyajanāya |
व्यजनाभ्याम् vyajanābhyām |
व्यजनेभ्यः vyajanebhyaḥ |
Ablative | व्यजनात् vyajanāt |
व्यजनाभ्याम् vyajanābhyām |
व्यजनेभ्यः vyajanebhyaḥ |
Genitive | व्यजनस्य vyajanasya |
व्यजनयोः vyajanayoḥ |
व्यजनानाम् vyajanānām |
Locative | व्यजने vyajane |
व्यजनयोः vyajanayoḥ |
व्यजनेषु vyajaneṣu |
Notes |
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Derived terms
edit- वीज् (vīj)
References
edit- Monier Williams (1899) “व्यजन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1029/2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 482
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 272
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “vīcu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 495.
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