वीज्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬯᬷᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • ৱীজ্ (Assamese script)
  • বীজ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰪𑰱𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀯𑀻𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌵𑍀𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • વીજ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਵੀਜੑ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦮꦷꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • វីជ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ವೀಜ್ (Kannada script)
  • ວີຊ຺ (Lao script)
  • വീജ് (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘪𑘲𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠸᠢᠢᠽ (Mongolian script)
  • ᠸᡳᡳᡯ (Manchu script)
  • ဝီဇ် (Burmese script)
  • 𑧊𑧓𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐰𑐷𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଵୀଜ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢮꢷꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆮𑆵𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖪𑖱𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • වීජ් (Sinhalese script)
  • வீஜ் (Tamil script)
  • వీజ్ (Telugu script)
  • วีชฺ (Thai script)
  • ཝཱི་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒫𑒲𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian. Compare Telugu వీచు (vīcu), Kui (India) ୱୀଂଜା (wīñja).

Pronunciation

Root

वीज् • (vīj)

  1. To fan, to cool by fanning
  2. To stroke, caress

References
  • Apte, Macdonell (2022), “वीज्”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
  • Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “vīcu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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