त्यज्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ত্যজ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬢ᭄ᬬᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
- ত্যজ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰝𑰿𑰧𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀢𑁆𑀬𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- တျဇ် (Burmese script)
- ત્યજ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਤ੍ਯਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦠꦾꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂞𑂹𑂨𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ತ್ಯಜ್ (Kannada script)
- ត្យជ៑ (Khmer script)
- ຕ຺ຍຊ຺ (Lao script)
- ത്യജ് (Malayalam script)
- ᢠᠶᠠᡯ (Manchu script)
- 𑘝𑘿𑘧𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢐᠶ᠋ᠠᠽ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦽𑧠𑧇𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐟𑑂𑐫𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
- ତ୍ଯଜ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢡ꣄ꢫꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆠𑇀𑆪𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖝𑖿𑖧𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ත්යජ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩫 𑪙𑩻𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚙𑚶𑚣𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
- த்யஜ் (Tamil script)
- త్యజ్ (Telugu script)
- ตฺยชฺ (Thai script)
- ཏྱ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒞𑓂𑒨𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨙𑩇𑨪𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *tyegʷ- (“to leave alone, give up; retreat”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /tjɐd͡ʑ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t̪jɐd͡ʑ/
Root
त्यज् • (tyaj)
- to leave, abandon, quit
- to leave a place, go away from
- to let go, dismiss, discharge
- to give up, surrender, resign, renounce
- to shun, avoid, give away
- to except
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root त्यज् (0 c, 7 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root त्यज् (4 c, 0 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- त्यजति (tyajati) (Present)
- त्यक्ष्यति (tyakṣyati) (Future)
- त्यजिष्यति (tyajiṣyati) (Future)
- त्यक्ता (tyaktā́) (Periphrastic Future)
- अत्याक्षीत् (átyākṣīt) (Aorist)
- त्यज्यात् (tyajyā́t) (Benedictive)
- तत्याज (tatyā́ja) (Perfect)
- तित्याज (tityā́ja) (Perfect)
- Secondary Forms
- त्यज्यते (tyajyate) (Passive)
- अत्याजि (átyāji) (Passive Aorist)
- त्याजयति (tyājáyati) (Causative)
- अतित्यजत् (átityajat) (Causative Aorist)
- त्याज्यते (tyājyáte) (Passive of Causative)
- तित्यक्षति (tityakṣati) (Desiderative)
- तात्यज्यते (tātyajyate) (Intensive)
- Non-Finite Forms
- Derived Nominal Forms
- Prefixed Root Forms
- अभित्यज् (abhityaj)
- परित्यज् (parityaj)
- संत्यज् (saṃtyaj)
Adjective
त्यज् • (tyaj) stem
- (at the end of a compound) leaving, abandoning, giving up, offering
- तनु (tanu, “body”) + त्यज् (tyaj) → तनुत्यज् (tanutyaj, “giving up one's body, dying”)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | त्यक् (tyak) | त्यजौ (tyajau) त्यजा¹ (tyajā¹) |
त्यजः (tyajaḥ) |
| accusative | त्यजम् (tyajam) | त्यजौ (tyajau) त्यजा¹ (tyajā¹) |
त्यजः (tyajaḥ) |
| instrumental | त्यजा (tyajā) | त्यग्भ्याम् (tyagbhyām) | त्यग्भिः (tyagbhiḥ) |
| dative | त्यजे (tyaje) | त्यग्भ्याम् (tyagbhyām) | त्यग्भ्यः (tyagbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | त्यजः (tyajaḥ) | त्यग्भ्याम् (tyagbhyām) | त्यग्भ्यः (tyagbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | त्यजः (tyajaḥ) | त्यजोः (tyajoḥ) | त्यजाम् (tyajām) |
| locative | त्यजि (tyaji) | त्यजोः (tyajoḥ) | त्यक्षु (tyakṣu) |
| vocative | त्यक् (tyak) | त्यजौ (tyajau) त्यजा¹ (tyajā¹) |
त्यजः (tyajaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | त्यक् (tyak) | त्यजौ (tyajau) त्यजा¹ (tyajā¹) |
त्यजः (tyajaḥ) |
| accusative | त्यजम् (tyajam) | त्यजौ (tyajau) त्यजा¹ (tyajā¹) |
त्यजः (tyajaḥ) |
| instrumental | त्यजा (tyajā) | त्यग्भ्याम् (tyagbhyām) | त्यग्भिः (tyagbhiḥ) |
| dative | त्यजे (tyaje) | त्यग्भ्याम् (tyagbhyām) | त्यग्भ्यः (tyagbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | त्यजः (tyajaḥ) | त्यग्भ्याम् (tyagbhyām) | त्यग्भ्यः (tyagbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | त्यजः (tyajaḥ) | त्यजोः (tyajoḥ) | त्यजाम् (tyajām) |
| locative | त्यजि (tyaji) | त्यजोः (tyajoḥ) | त्यक्षु (tyakṣu) |
| vocative | त्यक् (tyak) | त्यजौ (tyajau) त्यजा¹ (tyajā¹) |
त्यजः (tyajaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | त्यक् (tyak) | त्यजी (tyajī) | त्यञ्जि (tyañji) |
| accusative | त्यक् (tyak) | त्यजी (tyajī) | त्यञ्जि (tyañji) |
| instrumental | त्यजा (tyajā) | त्यग्भ्याम् (tyagbhyām) | त्यग्भिः (tyagbhiḥ) |
| dative | त्यजे (tyaje) | त्यग्भ्याम् (tyagbhyām) | त्यग्भ्यः (tyagbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | त्यजः (tyajaḥ) | त्यग्भ्याम् (tyagbhyām) | त्यग्भ्यः (tyagbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | त्यजः (tyajaḥ) | त्यजोः (tyajoḥ) | त्यजाम् (tyajām) |
| locative | त्यजि (tyaji) | त्यजोः (tyajoḥ) | त्यक्षु (tyakṣu) |
| vocative | त्यक् (tyak) | त्यजी (tyajī) | त्यञ्जि (tyañji) |
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “त्यज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 456.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “त्यज्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 66
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “त्यज्”, 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
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