तिज्

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp”).

Cognates include Latin (īn-)stīgō whence English instigate, Ancient Greek στῐ́γμᾰ (stígma, “a mark from a pointed instrument”), and English stick and thistle.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tid͡ʑ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /t̪id͡ʑ/

तिज् • (tij)

1. to be or become sharp
2. to sharpen

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