ज्वल्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- জ্বল্ (Assamese script)
- ᬚ᭄ᬯᬮ᭄ (Balinese script)
- জ্বল্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰿𑰪𑰩𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑁆𑀯𑀮𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဇွလ် (Burmese script)
- જ્વલ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਜ੍ਵਲ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌜𑍍𑌵𑌲𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦗ꧀ꦮꦭ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂔𑂹𑂫𑂪𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಜ್ವಲ್ (Kannada script)
- ជ្វល៑ (Khmer script)
- ຊ຺ວລ຺ (Lao script)
- ജ്വല് (Malayalam script)
- ᡯᠣᠸᠠᠯ (Manchu script)
- 𑘕𑘿𑘪𑘩𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠽᢦᠯ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦵𑧠𑧊𑧉𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐖𑑂𑐰𑐮𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଜ୍ଵଲ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢙ꣄ꢮꢭ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑇀𑆮𑆬𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖿𑖪𑖩𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ජ්වල් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩣 𑪙𑩾𑩽 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚑𑚶𑚦𑚥𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஜ்வல் (Tamil script)
- జ్వల్ (Telugu script)
- ชฺวลฺ (Thai script)
- ཛྭ་ལ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑓂𑒫𑒪𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨥𑩇𑨭𑨬𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH-
Sanskrit ज्वल् (jval)
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́wal-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́wal-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- (“to burn, to glow”). Cognate with Lithuanian žvi̇̀lti, Old English col (whence English coal). Related to the root ज्वर् (jvar, “to be feverish”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /d͡ʑʋɐl/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d͡ʑʋɐl̪/
Root
ज्वल् • (jval)
- to burn brightly, blaze, glow, shine
- to burn (as a wound)
- to set on fire, light, kindle, make radiant, illuminate
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root ज्वल् (0 c, 3 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root ज्वल् (19 c, 0 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- ज्वलति (jválati) (Present)
- ज्वलिष्यति (jvaliṣyáti) (Future)
- ज्वलिता (jvalitā́) (Periphrastic Future)
- अज्वालीत् (ájvālīt) (Aorist)
- अज्वलीत् (ájvalīt) (Aorist)
- जज्वाल (jajvā́la) (Perfect)
- Secondary Forms
- ज्वलयति (jvaláyati) (Causative)
- ज्वालयति (jvāláyati) (Causative)
- अजिज्वलत् (ájijvalat) (Causative Aorist)
- ज्वाल्यते (jvālyáte) (Passive of Causative)
- जिज्वलिषति (jijvaliṣati) (Desiderative)
- जाज्वलीति (jājvalīti) (Intensive)
- जाज्वलति (jājvalati) (Intensive)
- जाज्वल्यते (jājvalyate) (Intensive)
- Non-Finite Forms
- ज्वलित (jvalitá) (Past Participle)
- ज्वलितुम् (jvalitum) (Infinitive)
- ज्वलित्वा (jvalitvā́) (Gerund)
- ज्वालनीय (jvālanīya) (Gerundive)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- Prefixed Root Forms
- अभिज्वल् (abhijval)
- उज्ज्वल् (ujjval)
- परिज्वल् (parijval)
- प्रतिज्वल् (pratijval)
- प्रज्वल् (prajval)
- संज्वल् (saṃjval)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “ज्वल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 428, column 2.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 57
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “jval”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 607
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 259