पितृयज्ञ
Sanskrit
noun
Definitions
- oblation made to ancestors (, etc.)
Etymology
Compound from Sanskrit पितृ (father, paternal ancestor, fathers, ancestors) + Sanskrit यज्ञ (offering, sacrifice).
Origin
Sanskrit
यज्ञ
Gloss
offering, sacrifice
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
犠
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pitris English
- *ph₂tḗr Proto-Indo-European
- *yeh₁ǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- देवयज्ञ Sanskrit
- द्यौष्पितृ Sanskrit
- पाकयज्ञ Sanskrit
- पितृ Sanskrit
- पितृमेध Sanskrit
- पितृयाण Sanskrit
- ब्रह्मयज्ञ Sanskrit
- भूतयज्ञ Sanskrit
- मनुष्ययज्ञ Sanskrit
- यज्ञ Sanskrit
- पिता Hindi
- पितृ Hindi
- यज्ञ Hindi
- ปิตร Thai
- ยัญ Thai
- పితృలు Telugu
- pitar Pali
- pitu Pali
- yañña Pali
- *Hyaȷ́nás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *pHtā́ Proto-Indo-Iranian
- យញ្ញ Central Khmer
- *pHtā́ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- পিতা Bengali
- پتر Urdu
- 𑀧𑀺𑀉 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀧𑀺𑀉 Maharastri Prakrit
- ਪਿਤਾ Panjabi, Punjabi
- ಯಜ್ಞ Kannada
- पीय Old Gujarati