षड्ज

Hindi

Alternative forms
  • षड़ज (ṣaṛaj)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit षड्ज (ṣaḍja), from षष् (ṣaṣ) +‎ -ज (-ja), literally “generating the six (notes)”. Doublet of खरज (kharaj).

Proper noun

षड्ज • (ṣaḍja) m

  1. (Indian classical music) the first note of the Indian solfege (सप्तक (saptak)), denoted सा (sā)
    डागरबानी में षड्ज चलयमान मनाया जाता है ― ḍāgarbānī mẽ ṣaḍj calaymān manāyā jātā hai
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