यज्ञ
Hindi
noun
Definitions
- (chiefly) sacrifice, oblation
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit यज्ञ (offering, sacrifice) root from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁ǵ- (revere, worship, sacrifice).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*yeh₁ǵ-
Gloss
revere, worship, sacrifice
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
犠
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Yazd English
- hagio- English
- hagiography English
- yazata English
- ἅγιος Ancient Greek
- *h₁yaǵ-nó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *yeh₁ǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- देवयज्ञ Sanskrit
- पाकयज्ञ Sanskrit
- पितृयज्ञ Sanskrit
- ब्रह्मयज्ञ Sanskrit
- भूतयज्ञ Sanskrit
- मनुष्ययज्ञ Sanskrit
- यज्ञ Sanskrit
- ایزد Persian
- ایزدی Persian
- یزد Persian
- ยัญ Thai
- yañña Pali
- *Hyaȷ́nás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- យញ្ញ Central Khmer
- ایزدی Urdu
- yẕdʾn' Middle Persian
- ಯಜ್ಞ Kannada
- 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀 Avestan