रञ्ज्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- रज् (raj)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৰঞ্জ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬭᬜ᭄ᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
- রঞ্জ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰨𑰗𑰿𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀭𑀜𑁆𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ရဉ္ဇ် (Burmese script)
- રઞ્જ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਰਞ੍ਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌰𑌞𑍍𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦫꦚ꧀ꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂩𑂖𑂹𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ರಞ್ಜ್ (Kannada script)
- រញ្ជ៑ (Khmer script)
- ຣຎ຺ຊ຺ (Lao script)
- രഞ്ജ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡵᠠᠨᡳᠶᡯ (Manchu script)
- 𑘨𑘗𑘿𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠷᠠᡛᠽ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧈𑦷𑧠𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐬𑐘𑑂𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
- ରଞ୍ଜ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢬꢛ꣄ꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆫𑆚𑇀𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖨𑖗𑖿𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
- රඤ්ජ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩼𑩥 𑪙𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚤𑚓𑚶𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
- ரஞ்ஜ் (Tamil script)
- రఞ్జ్ (Telugu script)
- รญฺชฺ (Thai script)
- ར་ཉྫ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒩𑒘𑓂𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨫𑨓𑩇𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“to dye”). Cognate with Proto-Iranian *ra(n)ǰ- (“to colour, dye”), whence Persian رخش (raxš, “red”), Khwarezmian rxtk (raxtak, “red”), Mazanderani رش (raš, “red (of cattle)”), Northern Kurdish reş (“black”) and Sogdian [script needed] (rɣš- /raxš/, “Rakhsh”), as well as Ancient Greek ῥέζω (rhézō, “I dye, paint”).
Root
रञ्ज् • (rañj)
- to redden
- to dye or colour
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root रञ्ज् (0 c, 5 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root रञ्ज् (14 c, 0 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- रञ्जति (rañjati) (Present)
- रञ्जते (rañjate) (Present)
- Derived Nominal Forms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “रञ्ज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 861/2.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 134
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 424-425