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 ῤέζω (rézō, “I dye, paint”).

Root

रञ्ज् • (rañj)

  1. to redden
  2. to dye or colour

Derived terms

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]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 424-425
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