LOGOI

The corpus record — Sanskrit

ajo

einen Wettlauf betreiben

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What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. äji-

äji- m. f. Wettlauf, Wettkampf, Wettstreit, Streit (RV +); zu AJ (: Br äjim aj- ‘einen Wettlauf betreiben’). Mit äji- ist nach H. Schmeja, KBS 2,2-3 (1976) 101. jav. dzim. *Habgier, Begierde’, mp. np. äz ‘Gier’ identisch (die man bisher in einen anderen Zusammenhang gestellt hat, s.u. EH; vgl. Pet, Lar 107 Anm. 53), - Der Zusammenhang von Wörtern für „(Wett)- Kampf“ mit *h,eg- ‘treiben’ (s. auch o. 150 zu ved. … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. äji-, p. 215]

2. َج

aj cl. 1. P. ( defect. , supplemented fr. √ vī), ajati, ājīt, ajitum, to drive, propel, throw, cast: Desid. ajijiṣati, to be desirous of driving

3. āj

A j (āaj), ajati ( Subj. A/ jAti ; Impv. 2. sg. aja, or A/ jA , 2. pl. Ā. ajadhvam) to drive towards (as cattle or enemies), RV. ; VS. ; AitBr.

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Sanskrit corpus record built from GRETIL sources (citations and statistics; GRETIL running text is not redistributable). Passage text, where shown, from the Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (CC BY 4.0). Dictionary senses from Monier-Williams (1899, public domain), via the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries.