वृज्

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Sanskrit[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Root[edit]

वृज् (vṛj)

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

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References[edit]

  • Monier Williams (1899) “वृज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1008, column 3.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “वृज्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 163
  • 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