तर्जन
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- তৰ্জন (Assamese script)
- ᬢᬃᬚᬦ (Balinese script)
- তর্জন (Bengali script)
- 𑰝𑰨𑰿𑰕𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀢𑀭𑁆𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- တရ်္ဇန (Burmese script)
- તર્જન (Gujarati script)
- ਤਰ੍ਜਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌤𑌰𑍍𑌜𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦠꦂꦗꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂞𑂩𑂹𑂔𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ತರ್ಜನ (Kannada script)
- តជ៌ន (Khmer script)
- ຕຣ຺ຊນ (Lao script)
- തര്ജന (Malayalam script)
- ᢠᠠᡵᡯᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘝𑘨𑘿𑘕𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᢐᠠᠷᠽᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦽𑧈𑧠𑦵𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐟𑐬𑑂𑐖𑐣 (Newa script)
- ତର୍ଜନ (Odia script)
- ꢡꢬ꣄ꢙꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆠𑆫𑇀𑆘𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖝𑖨𑖿𑖕𑖡 (Siddham script)
- තර්ජන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩫𑩼 𑪙𑩣𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚙𑚤𑚶𑚑𑚝 (Takri script)
- தர்ஜந (Tamil script)
- తర్జన (Telugu script)
- ตรฺชน (Thai script)
- ཏ་རྫ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒞𑒩𑓂𑒖𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨙𑨫𑩇𑨥𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
From तर्ज् (tarj) + -अन (-ana).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /tɐɾ.d͡ʑɐ.nɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t̪ɐɾ.d͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐ/
Noun
तर्जन • (tarjana) stem, n (root तर्ज्)
- threatening, scolding
- (at the end of a compound)
- derision
- putting to shame, surpassing
- anger
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | तर्जनम् (tarjanam) | तर्जने (tarjane) | तर्जनानि (tarjanāni) तर्जना¹ (tarjanā¹) |
| accusative | तर्जनम् (tarjanam) | तर्जने (tarjane) | तर्जनानि (tarjanāni) तर्जना¹ (tarjanā¹) |
| instrumental | तर्जनेन (tarjanena) | तर्जनाभ्याम् (tarjanābhyām) | तर्जनैः (tarjanaiḥ) तर्जनेभिः¹ (tarjanebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | तर्जनाय (tarjanāya) | तर्जनाभ्याम् (tarjanābhyām) | तर्जनेभ्यः (tarjanebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | तर्जनात् (tarjanāt) | तर्जनाभ्याम् (tarjanābhyām) | तर्जनेभ्यः (tarjanebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | तर्जनस्य (tarjanasya) | तर्जनयोः (tarjanayoḥ) | तर्जनानाम् (tarjanānām) |
| locative | तर्जने (tarjane) | तर्जनयोः (tarjanayoḥ) | तर्जनेषु (tarjaneṣu) |
| vocative | तर्जन (tarjana) | तर्जने (tarjane) | तर्जनानि (tarjanāni) तर्जना¹ (tarjanā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- उत्तर्जन (uttarjana, “violent threatening”)
- उत्तर्जनीक (uttarjanīka, “threatening, menacing”)
- तर्जना (tarjanā, “scolding”)
- तर्जनी (tarjanī, “fore-finger”)
- संतर्जन (saṃtarjana, “threatening, abusing, reviling”)
Descendants
- Prakrit: 𑀢𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀡 (tajjaṇa, “threat”)
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Assamese: তাজনা (tazona, “severe punishment”)
- Western Indo-Aryan:
- Gujarati: તાજણો (tājṇo, “whip, lash”)
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “तर्जन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page {{{1}}}.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tarjana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press