# प्रतिज्ञा
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रतिज्ञा (pratijñā). Doublet of पैज (paij).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /pɾə.t̪ɪɡ.jɑː/, [pɾɐ.t̪ɪɡ.jäː]

### Noun

प्रतिज्ञा • (pratijñā) f (Urdu spelling پرتِگّیا) (rare, formal)
* a vow, promise, pledge
* assertion, declaration, assurance, acknowledgement

#### Declension
### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “प्रतिज्ञा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “प्रतिज्ञा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
* Platts, John T. (1884) “प्रतिज्ञा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “प्रतिज्ञा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रतिज्ञा (pratijñā). Doublet of पैज (paij).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾə.t̪id͡ʑ.na/

### Noun

प्रतिज्ञा • (pratijñā) f
* promise, agreement, engagement
* bet or wager
* (law) solemn affirmation
* (logic) a proposition, the assertion or proposition to be proved

### References

* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “प्रतिज्ञा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “प्रतिज्ञा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* প্ৰতিজ্ঞা (Assamese script)
* ᬧ᭄ᬭᬢᬶᬚ᭄ᬜᬵ (Balinese script)
* প্রতিজ্ঞা (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰝𑰰𑰕𑰿𑰗𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀢𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀜𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* ပြတိဇ္ဉာ (Burmese script)
* પ્રતિજ્ઞા (Gujarati script)
* ਪ੍ਰਤਿਜ੍ਞਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌿𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦿꦠꦶꦘꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂞𑂱𑂔𑂹𑂖𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ಪ್ರತಿಜ್ಞಾ (Kannada script)
* ប្រតិជ្ញា (Khmer script)
* ປ຺ຣຕິຊ຺ຎາ (Lao script)
* പ്രതിജ്ഞാ (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᡵᠠᢠᡳᡯᠨᡳᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘝𑘱𑘕𑘿𑘗𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠷᠠᢐᠢᠽᡛᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑦽𑧒𑦵𑧠𑦷𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐟𑐶𑐖𑑂𑐘𑐵 (Newa script)
* ପ୍ରତିଜ୍ଞା (Odia script)
* ꢦ꣄ꢬꢡꢶꢙ꣄ꢛꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆠𑆴𑆘𑇀𑆚𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖝𑖰𑖕𑖿𑖗𑖯 (Siddham script)
* ප්‍රතිඥා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩫𑩑𑩣 𑪙𑩥𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚙𑚮𑚑𑚶𑚓𑚭 (Takri script)
* ப்ரதிஜ்ஞா (Tamil script)
* ప్రతిజ్ఞా (Telugu script)
* ปฺรติชฺญา (Thai script)
* པྲ་ཏི་ཛྙཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒞𑒱𑒖𑓂𑒘𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨙𑨁𑨥𑩇𑨓𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /pɾɐ.tid͡ʑ.ɲɑː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /pɾɐˈt̪id͡ʑ.ɲɑː/

### Etymology 1

From प्रति- (prati-) +‎ ज्ञा (jñā, root).

#### Root

प्रतिज्ञा • (pratijñā)
* to admit, own, acknowledge, acquiesce in, consent to, approve
* to promise
* to confirm, assert, answer
* to maintain, assert, allege, state
* to bring forward or introduce
* to perceive, notice, learn, become aware of
* to remember sorrowfully

##### Derived terms

* प्रतिजानाति (pratijānāti)
* प्रतिज्ञा (pratijñā) (see below)

### Etymology 2

Derived from the root प्रतिज्ञा (pratijñā) (see above) +‎ -आ (-ā).

#### Noun

प्रतिज्ञा • (pratijñā) stem, f
* vow, promise
* agreement, assent, admission, acknowledgement
* declaration, proposition, statement, assertion, allegation
* (law) plaint, complaint, indictment, prosecution
* (logic) a proposition, the assertion or proposition to be proved

##### Descendants

* Pali: paṭiññā
* Ashokan Prakrit:
** Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀧𑀇𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (païjjā)
*** Old Marathi: 𑘢𑘺𑘕 (paija), 𑘢𑘺𑘕𑘰 (paijā)
**** Marathi: पैज (paij)
** Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀧𑀇𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (païjjā)
*** Hindustani:
    Hindi: पैज (paij)
    Urdu: پیج (paij)
** Paisaci Prakrit: 𑀧𑀇𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (païjjā)
*** Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi: [script needed] (paij)
    Shahmukhi: [script needed] (paij)
* → Hindustani: (learned)
    Hindi: प्रतिज्ञा (pratijñā)
    Urdu: پرتِگّیا (pratigyā)
* → Marathi: प्रतिज्ञा (pratijñā) (learned)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “प्रतिज्ञा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 665.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pratijñā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “प्रतिज्ञा”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan