अज्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

অজ্ (Assamese script)
ᬅᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
অজ্ (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
အဇ် (Burmese script)
અજ્ (Gujarati script)
ਅਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಅಜ್ (Kannada script)
អជ៑ (Khmer script)
ອຊ຺ (Lao script)
അജ് (Malayalam script)
ᠠᡯ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠠᠽ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
ଅଜ୍ (Odia script)
ꢂꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
අජ් (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
அஜ் (Tamil script)
అజ్ (Telugu script)
อชฺ (Thai script)
ཨ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄγω (ágō, “to lead”), Latin agō (“to do”), whence English agent, act and many more.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐd͡ʑ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐd͡ʑ/

Root

अज् • (aj)

to drive, propel, throw, cast

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root अज् (0 c, 9 e)

Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root अज् not found

Primary Verbal Forms

अजति (ájati) (Present)
ईजते (ī́jate) (Present)
आजीत् (ā́jīt) (Aorist)

Secondary Forms

अज्यते (ajyáte) (Passive)
अजिजिषति (ajijiṣati) (Desiderative)

Non-Finite Forms

अक्त (aktá) (Past Participle)
अजित (ajitá) (Past Participle)
अजितुम् (ájitum) (Infinitive)
अजित्वा (ajitvā́) (Gerund)

Derived Nominal Forms

अज (ajá, “a drove, troop”)
अजन (ájana, “act of instigating or moving”)
अजिर (ajirá, “agile”)
अज्म (ájma, “career, march”)
अज्मन् (ájman, “career, passage, battle”)
अज्र (ájra, “a field, a plain”)
अज्विन् (ajvin, “active, agile”)
आजि (ājí, “match, fight, combat”)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “अज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 9.
William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 2

Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 50-51
Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 18-19