तेजते

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp”). Cognate with Hittite [script needed] (tekan, “hoe”), Ancient Greek στίζω (stízō), Old Persian 𐎫𐎥𐎼 (tigra, “sharp”), Persian ‎ (tiz, “sharp”), German stechen (“to poke”), English stick.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐ́j.d͡ʑɐ.tɐj/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪eː.d͡ʑɐ.t̪eː/

Verb

तेजते • (téjate) (root तिज्, class 1, type A, present)

to be or become sharp
to energize, activate

Conjugation

Present: तेजते (tejate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	तेजते tejate	तेजेते tejete	तेजन्ते tejante
Second	- -	- -	- -	तेजसे tejase	तेजेथे tejethe	तेजध्वे tejadhve
First	- -	- -	- -	तेजे teje	तेजावहे tejāvahe	तेजामहे tejāmahe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	तेजताम् tejatām	तेजेताम् tejetām	तेजन्तम् tejantam
Second	- -	- -	- -	तेजस्व tejasva	तेजेथाम् tejethām	तेजध्वम् tejadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	तेजै tejai	तेजावहै tejāvahai	तेजामहै tejāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	तेजेत tejeta	तेजेयाताम् tejeyātām	तेजेरन् tejeran
Second	- -	- -	- -	तेजेथाः tejethāḥ	तेजेयाथाम् tejeyāthām	तेजेध्वम् tejedhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	तेजेय tejeya	तेजेवहि tejevahi	तेजेमहि tejemahi
Participles
	- -			तेजमान tejamāna

Imperfect: अतेजत (átejata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	अतेजत átejata	अतेजेताम् átejetām	अतेजन्त átejanta
Second	- -	- -	- -	अतेजथाः átejathāḥ	अतेजेथाम् átejethām	अतेजध्वम् átejadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	अतेजे áteje	अतेजावहि átejāvahi	अतेजामहि átejāmahi

Related terms

तिक्त (tikta, “pungency, bitter taste”)
तिग्म (tigma, “sharp, pointed”)
तेजस् (tejas, “sharp edge of a knife”)
तेज (teja, “sharpness”)
तीक्ष्ण (tīkṣṇa, “sharp, hot, keen”)

Descendants

Pali: tejati
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀢𑁂𑀅𑀇 (teaï, “sharpens”)
- Prakrit: 𑀢𑁂𑀅𑀯𑀇 (teavaï, “burns, shines”)
  - Marathi: तेवणे (tevṇe, “to heat up”)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “tḗjatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Monier Williams (1899), “तेजते”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 446.

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