তেজ

Assamese

Etymology

From Early Assamese তেজ (tejo), from Sanskrit तेजोज (tejoja) or त्वग्ज (tvagja). Compare তেজা (teza, “to sacrifice, to give up”).

Noun

তেজ • (tez)

blood

Declension

Inflection of তেজ

	Indefinite forms	Definite forms
		specific	not specific
		specific	regular	formal	very formal
absolutive	tez	তেজখিনি tezkhini	তেজবোৰ tezbür	তেজবিলাক tezbilak	তেজসমূহ tezxomuh
ergative	তেজে teze	তেজখিনিয়ে tezkhinie	তেজবোৰে tezbüre	তেজবিলাকে tezbilake	তেজসমূহে tezxomuhe
accusative	তেজক tezok	তেজখিনিক tezkhinik	তেজবোৰক tezbürok	তেজবিলাকক tezbilakok	তেজসমূহক tezxomuhok
genitive	তেজৰ tezor	তেজখিনিৰ tezkhinir	তেজবোৰৰ tezbüror	তেজবিলাকৰ tezbilakor	তেজসমূহৰ tezxomuhor
dative	তেজলৈ tezoloi	তেজখিনিলৈ tezkhiniloi	তেজবোৰলৈ tezbüroloi	তেজবিলাকলৈ tezbilakoloi	তেজসমূহলৈ tezxomuholoi
instrumental	তেজেৰে tezere	তেজখিনিৰে tezkhinire	তেজবোৰেৰে tezbürere	তেজবিলাকেৰে tezbilakere	তেজসমূহেৰে tezxomuhere
locative	তেজত tezot	তেজখিনিত tezkhinit	তেজবোৰত tezbürot	তেজবিলাকত tezbilakot	তেজসমূহত tezxomuhot

Accusative Note: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise. Dative Note 1: Some speakers use -অলৈ (-oloi)'s variant -অলে (-ole) instead. Dative Note 2: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Dative Note 3: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Instrumental Note 1: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) marks this case instead of -এৰে (-ere). Instrumental Note 2: Sometimes -এ (-e) marks this case. Locative Note: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in some cases.

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तेजस् (tejas, “blade, splendor, brilliance”).

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /t̪ed͡ʒ/, [ˈt̪ed͡ʒ]

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /t̪edʑ/, [ˈt̪edʑ]

Noun

তেজ • (tej)

light, glow, shine, lustre
heat, energy
glory, splendour
power, strength, might, force, energy, vigour
valour, prowess, spiritedness
manliness, virility
semen
(colloquial) haughtiness, anger
তেজ করা ― tej kora ― to have a defiant look, to carry oneself with lofty airs

তেজ কমানো ― tej komanō ― to humiliate, to humble someone's position

তেজ দেখানো ― tej dekhanō ― to show haughtiness, to carry with a high hand
(rare) spirit, wine

Declension

indefinite forms
nominative	তেজ (tej)
objective	তেজ / তেজকে (tej (semantically general or indefinite) / tejke (semantically definite))
genitive	তেজের (tejer)
locative	তেজে (teje)

definite forms
	singular	plural
nominative	তেজটা , তেজটি (tejṭa (colloquial), tejṭi (formal))	তেজগুলা, তেজগুলো (tejgula (colloquial), tejgulo (formal))
objective	তেজটা, তেজটি (tejṭa (colloquial), tejṭi (formal))	তেজগুলা, তেজগুলো (tejgula (colloquial), tejgulo (formal))
genitive	তেজটার, তেজটির (tejṭar (colloquial), tejṭir (formal))	তেজগুলার, তেজগুলোর (tejgular (colloquial), tejgulor (formal))
locative	তেজটাতে / তেজটায়, তেজটিতে (tejṭate / tejṭay (colloquial), tejṭite (formal))	তেজগুলাতে / তেজগুলায়, তেজগুলোতে (tejgulate / tejgulay (colloquial), tejgulote (formal))
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

তেজন (tejon)
তেজপত্র (tejpotro)
তেজপাতা (tejpata)
তেজস্কর (tejoskor)
তেজস্ক্রিয় (tejoskriẏo)
তেজস্বর (tejośśor)
তেজোগর্ভ (tejōgorbho)
তেজোনিধি (tejōnidhi)
তেজোময় (tejōmoẏ)
তেজোমূর্তি (tejōmurti)
তেজোরূপ (tejōrup)
তেজোহীন (tejōhin)

References

Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “তেজ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
“তেজ”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-English], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.

Early Assamese

Etymology

From Sanskrit तेजोज (tejoja) or त्वग्ज (tvagja).

Noun

তেজ (tejo)

blood
বানৰ ৰ ভালুকৰ তেজে বহে গাঙ্গ।
banororo bhalukoro teje bohe gaṅgo,
The river flows with the blood of monkeys and bears

Descendants

Assamese: তেজ (tez)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

teja (Latin script)
𑀢𑁂𑀚 (Brahmi script)
तेज (Devanagari script)
තෙජ (Sinhalese script)
တေဇ or တေၹ (Burmese script)
เตช or เตชะ (Thai script)
ᨲᩮᨩ (Tai Tham script)
ເຕຊ or ເຕຊະ (Lao script)
តេជ (Khmer script)
𑄖𑄬𑄎 (Chakma script)

Noun

তেজ n

Bengali script form of teja (“brilliance”)

Noun

তেজ

Bengali script form of teja, which is vocative singular of তেজস্ (tejas, “brilliance”)