As a Hindi name
ओज · oj · s.m.
Light, &c. = ojas, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 103
ओज · masculine
light; splendour, lustre; brilliance, fervour
Śabdasāgara also records: विषम । अयुग्म
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi ओज॑स् — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Possibly from Sanskrit ओ॒ज्मन् (ojmán), via Prakrit ओज्ज- (ŏjja-, “power, splendour”) attested in ओज्जल्ल (ŏjjalla, “powerful”), or alternatively borrowed from Sanskrit ओज॑स् (ójas).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
odd (as the first, third, fifth, &c. in a series)
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
oja mfn. odd (as the first, third, fifth, &c. in a series), RPrāt.; Sūryas.; VarBṛS.
oja m. N. of a son of Kṛṣṇa, BhP.
= ojas, L.
oja a. Odd, uneven. — jaṃ = ojas q. v.
oja (ta) r. 1st cl. (ojati) 1 To live, to have the vital faculties and organs. 2 To be strong or able.
Alternative readings
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