# तिज्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* तेज् (tej)

### Alternative scripts

* তিজ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬢᬶᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
* তিজ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰝𑰰𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀢𑀺𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* တိဇ် (Burmese script)
* તિજ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਤਿਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌤𑌿𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦠꦶꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂞𑂱𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ತಿಜ್ (Kannada script)
* តិជ៑ (Khmer script)
* ຕິຊ຺ (Lao script)
* തിജ് (Malayalam script)
* ᢠᡳᡯ (Manchu script)
* 𑘝𑘱𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᢐᠢᠽ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦽𑧒𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐟𑐶𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
* ତିଜ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢡꢶꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆠𑆴𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖝𑖰𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
* තිජ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩫𑩑𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚙𑚮𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
* திஜ் (Tamil script)
* తిజ్ (Telugu script)
* ติชฺ (Thai script)
* ཏི་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒞𑒱𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨙𑨁𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /tid͡ʑ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /t̪id͡ʑ/

### Root

तिज् • (tij)
* to be or become sharp
* to sharpen

#### Derived terms

* तेजते (téjate, Present)
* तेजयति (téjayati, Causative)
* तितिक्षते (títikṣate, Desiderative)
* तेतिक्ते (tétikte, Intensive)
* तिक्त (tiktá, Past Participle)
* तेजसे (téjase, Infinitive)
* तितिक्षु (titikṣú, Desiderative Participle)
* तिगित (tigitá)
* तिग्म (tigmá, “sharp, pointed”)
* तितिक्षा (titikṣā)
* तीक्ष्ण (tīkṣṇa, “sharp, hot, keen”)
* तेज (teja, “sharpness”)
* तेजन (téjana)
* तेजस् (téjas, “the sharp edge of a knife”)
* तेजिष्ठ (téjiṣṭha)
* तेजीयस् (téjīyas)
* प्रतितिज् (pratitij)

#### Descendants
### References

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* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “तिज्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 062
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “तिज्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
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