# यज्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* इज् (ij) — samprasāraṇa form

### Alternative scripts

* যজ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬬᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
* যজ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰧𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀬𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ယဇ် (Burmese script)
* યજ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਯਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌯𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦪꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂨𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಯಜ್ (Kannada script)
* យជ៑ (Khmer script)
* ຍຊ຺ (Lao script)
* യജ് (Malayalam script)
* ᠶᠠᡯ (Manchu script)
* 𑘧𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠶ᠋ᠠᠽ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧇𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐫𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଯଜ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢫꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆪𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖧𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
* යජ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩻𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚣𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
* யஜ் (Tamil script)
* యజ్ (Telugu script)
* ยชฺ (Thai script)
* ཡ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒨𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨪𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hyaȷ́-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- (“to sacrifice, worship”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /jɐd͡ʑ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /jɐd͡ʑ/

### Root

यज् • (yaj)
* to worship, adore, honour
* to consecrate, hallow

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

* यजति (yájati, Present)
* यक्ष्यति (yakṣyáti, Future)
* यष्टा (yaṣṭā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अयाक्षीत् (áyākṣīt, Aorist)
* इज्यात् (ijyāt, Benedictive)
* इयाज (iyā́ja, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* इज्यते (ijyate, Passive)
* याजयति (yājayati, Causative)
* अयीयजत् (ayīyajat, Causative Aorist)
* यियक्षति (yiyakṣati, Desiderative)
* यायज्यते (yāyajyate, Intensive)
* यायष्टि (yāyaṣṭi, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* इष्ट (iṣṭá, Past Participle)
* यष्टुम् (yáṣṭum, Infinitive)
* ईजितुम् (ījitum, Infinitive)
* यजध्यै (yajadhyai, Infinitive)
* इष्ट्वा (iṣṭvā́, Gerund)
* इज्य (ijya, Gerundive)
* यष्टव्य (yaṣṭavyà, Gerundive)
* यजनीय (yajanīya, Gerundive)
* याज्य (yājya, Causative Gerundive)
* याजयितव्य (yājayitavyà, Causative Gerundive)
* याजनीय (yājanīya, Causative Gerundive)
* यियक्षु (yiyakṣu, Desiderative Participle)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* इज्या (ijyā)
* इष्टि (íṣṭi)
* इष्टिन् (iṣṭín)
* यज (yája)
* यजत (yajatá)
* यजत्र (yájatra)
* यजथ (yajátha)
* यजस् (yájas, “sacrifice”)
* यजस् (yajás, “worshipping”)
* यजिष्ठ (yájiṣṭha)
* यजीयस् (yájīyas)
* यजुस् (yájus)
* यज्ञ (yajñá)
* यज्य (yájya)
* यज्यु (yájyu)
* यज्वन् (yájvan)
* यज्विन् (yajvin)
* यष्टृ (yaṣṭṛ)
* याजक (yājaka)
* याज्या (yājyā̀)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* अतियज् (atiyaj)
* अपयज् (apayaj)
* अभियज् (abhiyaj)
* अवयज् (avayaj)
* आयज् (āyaj)
* उपयज् (upayaj)
* परियज् (pariyaj)
* प्रतियज् (pratiyaj)
* प्रयज् (prayaj)
* संयज् (saṃyaj)
The desiderative इयक्षति (íyakṣati) is rather from अक्ष् (akṣ), etymologically related to नश् (naś, “to reach, attain”).

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “यज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 838, column 3.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 129
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “यज्”, 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
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “yaj”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 392-3