निज्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- নিজ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬶᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
- নিজ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰰𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀺𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- နိဇ် (Burmese script)
- નિજ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਨਿਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑌿𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦶꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂱𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ನಿಜ್ (Kannada script)
- និជ៑ (Khmer script)
- ນິຊ຺ (Lao script)
- നിജ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᡳᡯ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘱𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠢᠽ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧒𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐶𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
- ନିଜ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢥꢶꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆴𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖰𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
- නිජ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩑𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚮𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
- நிஜ் (Tamil script)
- నిజ్ (Telugu script)
- นิชฺ (Thai script)
- ནི་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒱𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨁𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to cleanse, wash”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νίζω (nízō), Old Irish nigid.
Root
निज् • (nij)
Usage notes
The intensive is used as the main present verb.
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root निज् (0 c, 2 e)
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root निज् not found
- Primary Verbal Forms
- निनेक्ति (ninekti) (Present)
- नेक्ष्यति (nekṣyáti) (Future)
- नेक्ता (nektā́) (Periphrastic Future)
- अनिजत् (ánijat) (Aorist)
- अनैक्षीत् (ánaikṣīt) (Aorist)
- निनेज (ninéja) (Perfect)
- Secondary Forms
- निज्यते (nijyáte) (Passive)
- नेजयति (nejáyati) (Causative)
- अनीनिजत् (ánīnijat) (Causative Aorist)
- निनिक्षति (ninikṣati) (Desiderative)
- नेनेक्ति (nénekti) (Intensive)
- Non-Finite Forms
- निक्त (niktá) (Past Participle)
- निजे (nije) (Infinitive)
- निक्त्वा (niktvā́) (Gerund)
- निज्य (nijya) (Gerund)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- नेजक (nejaka)
- नेजन (néjana)
- नेज्य (nejya)
- Prefixed Root Forms
- अवनिज् (avanij)
- निर्णिज् (nirṇij)
- प्रणिज् (praṇij)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “निज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 546, column 3.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 90
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 54