वृज्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂werg- (to turn). Cognate with Latin vergō, the source of English converge etc.

Pronunciation

Root

वृज् • (vṛj)

  1. to bend, turn, twist
  2. to pluck, gather
  3. to wring off

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वृज् (0 c, 7 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वृज् (1 c, 0 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
  • वृणक्ति (vṛṇákti) (Present)
  • वर्क्ष्यति (varkṣyáti) (Future)
  • अवर्क् (ávark) (Aorist)
  • अवार्क्षीत् (ávārkṣīt) (Aorist)
  • अवृक्षत् (ávṛkṣat) (Aorist)
  • वृज्यात् (vṛjyā́t) (Benedictive)
  • ववर्ज (vavárja) (Perfect)
  • वावृजे (vāvṛjé) (Perfect)
Secondary Forms
  • वर्जयति (varjáyati) (Causative)
  • अववर्जत् (avavarjat) (Causative Aorist)
  • वर्ज्यते (varjyate) (Passive of Causative)
  • विवृक्षते (vívṛkṣate) (Desiderative)
  • वरीवृज्यते (varīvṛjyate) (Intensive)
  • वरीवर्जयति (varīvarjáyati) (Causative of Intensive)
Non-Finite Forms
  • वृक्त (vṛktá) (Past Participle)
  • वर्जितुम् (varjitum) (Infinitive)
  • वृजे (vṛ́je) (Infinitive)
  • वृञ्जसे (vṛñjáse) (Infinitive)
  • वृजध्यै (vṛjádhyai) (Infinitive)
  • वृक्त्वी (vṛktvī́) (Gerund)
  • वर्ज्य (varjya) (Gerundive)
  • वर्जनीय (varjanīya) (Gerundive)
  • वर्जयितव्य (varjayitavya) (Causative Gerundive)
Derived Nominal Forms
  • वर्ग (varga)
  • वर्जक (varjaka)
  • वर्जिन् (varjin)
  • वृजन (vṛjána, vṛ́jana)
  • व्रज (vrajá)

References

  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “वृज्”, 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