तिज्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • तेज् (tej)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (to be sharp).

Cognates include Latin (īn-)stīgō whence English instigate, Ancient Greek στῐ́γμᾰ (stĭ́gmă, a mark from a pointed instrument), and English stick and thistle.

Pronunciation

Root

तिज् • (tij)

  1. to be or become sharp
  2. to sharpen

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root तिज् (0 c, 1 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root तिज् (3 c, 0 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
Secondary Forms
  • तेजयति (téjayati) (Causative)
  • तितिक्षते (títikṣate) (Desiderative)
  • तेतिक्ते (tétikte) (Intensive)
Non-Finite Forms
  • तिक्त (tiktá) (Past Participle)
  • तेजसे (téjase) (Infinitive)
  • तितिक्षु (titikṣú) (Desiderative Participle)
Derived Nominal Forms
Prefixed Root Forms
  • प्रतितिज् (pratitij)

Descendants

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root तिज् (3 c, 0 e)

References

  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “तिज्”, 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
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 645; 668-9