# युज्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* যুজ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬬᬸᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
* যুজ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰧𑰲𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀬𑀼𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ယုဇ် (Burmese script)
* યુજ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਯੁਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌯𑍁𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦪꦸꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂨𑂳𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಯುಜ್ (Kannada script)
* យុជ៑ (Khmer script)
* ຍຸຊ຺ (Lao script)
* യുജ് (Malayalam script)
* ᠶᡠᡯ (Manchu script)
* 𑘧𑘳𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠶ᠋ᠤᠽ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧇𑧔𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐫𑐸𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଯୁଜ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢫꢸꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆪𑆶𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖧𑖲𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
* යුජ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩻𑩒𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚣𑚰𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
* யுஜ் (Tamil script)
* యుజ్ (Telugu script)
* ยุชฺ (Thai script)
* ཡུ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒨𑒳𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨪𑨃𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join, yoke”). Cognate with Latin iungō whence English junction, join; Ancient Greek ζεύγνῡμῐ (zeúgnūmi, “to yoke”); English yoke.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /júd͡ʑ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /jud͡ʑ/

### Root

युज् • (yuj)
* to yoke or join or fasten or harness (horses or a chariot)
* to make ready, prepare, arrange, fit out, set to work, use, employ, apply
* to equip (an army),
* to offer, perform (prayers, a sacrifice)
* to put on (arrows on a bowstring)
* to fix in, insert, inject (semen),
* to appoint to, charge or intrust with
* to command, enjoin
* to turn or direct or fix or concentrate (the mind, thoughts) upon
* to join, unite, connect, add, bring together (to be attached, cleave to)
* to confer, or bestow anything upon
* to bring into possession of, furnish or endow with

#### Derived terms

* युनक्ति (yunákti, Present)
* युञ्जति (yuñjati, Present)
* योक्ष्यति (yokṣyáti, Future)
* योक्ता (yoktā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अयोक्षीत् (áyokṣīt, Aorist)
* अयोक् (áyok, Aorist)
* अयुजत् (áyujat, Aorist)
* युयोज (yuyója, Perfect)
* युज्यते (yujyáte, Passive)
* अयोजि (áyoji, Passive Aorist)
* योजयति (yojayati, Causative)
* अयूयुजत् (ayūyujat, Causative Aorist)
* योज्यते (yojyate, Passive of Causative)
* युयुक्षति (yuyukṣati, Desiderative)
* योयुज्यते (yoyujyate, Intensive)
* युक्त (yuktá, Past Participle)
* योक्तुम् (yoktum, Infinitive)
* युजे (yujé, Infinitive)
* युक्त्वा (yuktvā́, Gerund)
* युक्त्वाय (yuktvā́ya, Gerund)
* योज्य (yojya, Gerundive)
* योजनीय (yojanīya, Gerundive)
* योक्तव्य (yoktavya, Gerundive)
* योग (yóga, “yoking, team, junction, undertaking”)
* युग (yugá, “yoke, team, couple, brace; generation, age”)
* युग्म (yugma, “pair, couple, brace”)
* युग्य (yugya, “vehicle, chariot, car”)
* युज्य (yújya, “union, alliance, relationship”)
* युक्त (yuktá, “team, yoke, junction, connection”)
* योक्त्र (yóktra, “rope, thong, halter”)
* योक्तृ (yoktṛ́, “charioteer”)
* योगस् (yogas, “meditation”)
* योजन (yójana, “yoking; harnessing; yojana (unit of distance)”)
* योग्य (yógya, “fit for the yoke; draft animal”)
* योग्या (yógyā, “preparation, contrivance; exercise, practice; straps, traces”)
* अनुयुज् (anuyuj)
* अभियुज् (abhiyuj)
* आयुज् (āyuj)
* उद्युज् (udyuj)
* उपयुज् (upayuj)
* नियुज् (niyuj)
* प्रयुज् (prayuj)
* वियुज् (viyuj)
* संयुज् (saṃyuj)

### Noun

युज् • (yúj) stem, m
* a yoke-fellow, companion, comrade, associate
* a sage who devotes his time to abstract contemplation
* a pair, couple, the number "two"
* (in the dual) the two Aśvins

#### Declension
### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “युज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 853, columns 2-3.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 132-133
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 413; 417-418