# स्वञ्ज्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* स्वज् (svaj)

### Alternative scripts

* স্বঞ্জ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬲ᭄ᬯᬜ᭄ᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
* স্বঞ্জ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰿𑰪𑰗𑰿𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑁆𑀯𑀜𑁆𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* သွဉ္ဇ် (Burmese script)
* સ્વઞ્જ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਸ੍ਵਞ੍ਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌞𑍍𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦱ꧀ꦮꦚ꧀ꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂹𑂫𑂖𑂹𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಸ್ವಞ್ಜ್ (Kannada script)
* ស្វញ្ជ៑ (Khmer script)
* ສ຺ວຎ຺ຊ຺ (Lao script)
* സ്വഞ്ജ് (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᠣᠸᠠᠨᡳᠶᡯ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘿𑘪𑘗𑘿𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠰᢦᡛᠽ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧠𑧊𑦷𑧠𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑑂𑐰𑐘𑑂𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
* ସ୍ଵଞ୍ଜ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢱ꣄ꢮꢛ꣄ꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑇀𑆮𑆚𑇀𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖿𑖪𑖗𑖿𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
* ස‍්වඤ‍්ජ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁 𑪙𑩾𑩥 𑪙𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚶𑚦𑚓𑚶𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
* ஸ்வஞ்ஜ் (Tamil script)
* స్వఞ్జ్ (Telugu script)
* สฺวญฺชฺ (Thai script)
* སྭ་ཉྫ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑓂𑒫𑒘𑓂𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑩇𑨭𑨓𑩇𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *sweng-, *swengʷʰ- (“to bend, swing”), in which case, cognate with a complex of Germanic words represented by Proto-Germanic *swinganą (“to swing”) and related terms, including English swing, swank, sway, and via Old Norse, swag, swagger.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /sʋɐɲd͡ʑ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /s̪ʋɐɲd͡ʑ/

### Root

स्वञ्ज् • (svañj)
* to embrace, clasp, encircle
* to twist or wind round

#### Derived terms
##### Primary Verbal Forms

* स्वजते (svájate, Present)
* स्वजिष्यते (svajiṣyate, Future)
* सस्वजे (sasvajé, Perfect)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* स्वक्त (svakta, Past Participle)
* स्वक्तुम् (svaktum, Infinitive)
* स्वजे (sváje, Infinitive)
* स्वजित्वा (svajitvā, Gerund)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* स्वज (svajá)

### References

* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “SVAÑJ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 788

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “स्वज् svaj or svañj”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1279, column 2.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 200
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “स्वञ्ज्”, 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
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “स्वञ्ज्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 383
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*su̯eng- 'umarmen'”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 610-611
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1047