As a Hindi name
लाज · noun · feminine
लज्जा । शर्म । हया — Śabdasāgara
लाज · noun · masculine
खस । उशीर · पानी में भीगा हुआ चावल · धान का लावा । खील — Śabdasāgara
लाज · lāj · s.f.
Shame, sense of decency; bashfulness, modesty — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 944
लाज · lāj · s.m.
Fried or parched grain; wetted or sprinkled grain — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 944
लाज · feminine
shame; shyness; bashfulness
Cited formation "लाज" is ला- + ज: ज means "the eighth consonant in Hindi", and the prefix ला- forms without. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §5(4) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, derived from the Sanskrit लज्जा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“From Sanskrit लज्जा (lajjā), and also doublet of लज्जा (lajjā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
lajjā f. See below.
lajjā f. shame, modesty, bashfulness, embarrassment (also Shame personified as the wife of Dharma and mother of Vinaya), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
pl. fried or parched grain (esp. rice grain), &c. &c.
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M3 · meaning shifts "lāja" is derived from "lāj" with the aṇ/añ suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
lāj (cf. √ 2. laj and lāñj) cl. 1. P. lājati, ‘to fry’ or ‘to blame’ (bharjane, or bhartsane), Dhātup. vii, 66.
lāj, lāṃj 1 P. (lājati, lāṃjati) 1 To blame, censure. 2 To roast, fry.
lāja m. (or f(ā). ) pl. fried or parched grain (esp. rice grain), VS. &c. &c.
lāja n. the root of Andropogon Muricatus, L.
Dictionary citations
lāja m. (or f(ā). ) pl. fried or parched grain (esp. rice grain), VS. &c. &c.
lāja n. the root of Andropogon Muricatus, L.
lāja r. 1st cl. (lājati) (i) lāji (lāṃjati) 1 To blame or censure. 2 To fry.
lāja m. (-jaḥ) Grain, wetted or sprinkled. n. (-jaṃ) The root of the Andropogon muricatum. f. (-jā) or masc. plu. (-jāḥ) Fried grain. E. lāja to fry, aff. ghañ.
lāj (cf. √ 2. laj and lāñj) cl. 1. P. lājati, ‘to fry’ or ‘to blame’ (bharjane, or bhartsane), Dhātup. vii, 66.
lāj, lāṃj 1 P. (lājati, lāṃjati) 1 To blame, censure. 2 To roast, fry.
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