निर्णिज्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

নিৰ্ণিজ্ (Assamese script)
ᬦᬶᬃᬡᬶᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
নির্ণিজ্ (Bengali script)
𑰡𑰰𑰨𑰿𑰜𑰰𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀦𑀺𑀭𑁆𑀡𑀺𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
နိရ်္ဏိဇ် (Burmese script)
નિર્ણિજ્ (Gujarati script)
ਨਿਰ੍ਣਿਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌿𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦤꦶꦂꦟꦶꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂢𑂱𑂩𑂹𑂝𑂱𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ನಿರ್ಣಿಜ್ (Kannada script)
និណ៌ិជ៑ (Khmer script)
ນິຣ຺ຓິຊ຺ (Lao script)
നിര്ണിജ് (Malayalam script)
ᠨᡳᡵᢏᡳᡯ (Manchu script)
𑘡𑘱𑘨𑘿𑘜𑘱𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠨᠢᠷᢏᠢᠽ (Mongolian script)
𑧁𑧒𑧈𑧠𑦼𑧒𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐣𑐶𑐬𑑂𑐞𑐶𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
ନିର୍ଣିଜ୍ (Odia script)
ꢥꢶꢬ꣄ꢠꢶꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆤𑆴𑆫𑇀𑆟𑆴𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖡𑖰𑖨𑖿𑖜𑖰𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
නිර්‍ණිජ් (Sinhalese script)
𑩯𑩑𑩼 𑪙𑩪𑩑𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚝𑚮𑚤𑚶𑚘𑚮𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
நிர்ணிஜ் (Tamil script)
నిర్ణిజ్ (Telugu script)
นิรฺณิชฺ (Thai script)
ནི་རྞི་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒢𑒱𑒩𑓂𑒝𑒱𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨝𑨁𑨫𑩇𑨘𑨁𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From निस् (nis, “out, forth, away”) + Proto-Indo-European *néygʷ-s ~ *nigʷ-és, from *neygʷ- (“to wash, to clean”). Synchronically analysable as the root noun from the root below.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /niɾ.ɳíd͡ʑ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪iɾ.ɳid͡ʑ/

Noun

निर्णिज् • (nirṇíj) stem, f

a bright, shining, dress or garment
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.43.6:
  बिभ्र॑द्द्रा॒पिं हि॑र॒ण्ययं॒ वरु॑णो वस्त नि॒र्णिज॑म् ।
  परि॒ स्पशो॒ नि षे॑दिरे ॥
  bíbhraddrāpíṃ hiraṇyáyaṃ váruṇo vasta nirṇíjam.
  pári spáśo ní ṣedire.
  Varuṇa, wearing a golden armour, hath clad himself in a shining robe.
  His spies are seated around and about.

Declension

Feminine root-stem declension of निर्णिज्
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	निर्णिक् (nirṇík)	निर्णिजौ (nirṇíjau) निर्णिजा¹ (nirṇíjā¹)	निर्णिजः (nirṇíjaḥ)
accusative	निर्णिजम् (nirṇíjam)	निर्णिजौ (nirṇíjau) निर्णिजा¹ (nirṇíjā¹)	निर्णिजः (nirṇíjaḥ)
instrumental	निर्णिजा (nirṇíjā)	निर्णिग्भ्याम् (nirṇígbhyām)	निर्णिग्भिः (nirṇígbhiḥ)
dative	निर्णिजे (nirṇíje)	निर्णिग्भ्याम् (nirṇígbhyām)	निर्णिग्भ्यः (nirṇígbhyaḥ)
ablative	निर्णिजः (nirṇíjaḥ)	निर्णिग्भ्याम् (nirṇígbhyām)	निर्णिग्भ्यः (nirṇígbhyaḥ)
genitive	निर्णिजः (nirṇíjaḥ)	निर्णिजोः (nirṇíjoḥ)	निर्णिजाम् (nirṇíjām)
locative	निर्णिजि (nirṇíji)	निर्णिजोः (nirṇíjoḥ)	निर्णिक्षु (nirṇíkṣu)
vocative	निर्णिक् (nírṇik)	निर्णिजौ (nírṇijau) निर्णिजा¹ (nírṇijā¹)	निर्णिजः (nírṇijaḥ)

¹Vedic

Root

निर्णिज् • (nirṇij)

to wash, cleanse

References

Monier Williams (1899) “निर्णिज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 855.