लज्जा

Borrowed from Sanskrit लज्जा (lajjā), from the root लस्ज् (lasj, “to feel shame, to blush”). Doublet of लाज (lāj)

• IPA^(key): /ləd͡ʒ.d͡ʒɑː/

लज्जा • (lajjā) f

1. shame

   उसे मारने के बाद, हत्यारे को कोई लज्जा नहीं हुई।

   use mārne ke bād, hatyāre ko koī lajjā nahī̃ huī.

   After killing him, the murderer felt no shame.

2. shyness

   लज्जा स्त्रियों का गुण है।

   lajjā striyõ kā guṇ hai.

   Shyness is a virtue of the ladies.

• लाज (lāj), शर्म (śarma)

• लज्जाजनक (lajjājnak, “shameful”)
• लज्जालु (lajjālu, “bashful, shy”)
• लज्जित (lajjit, “ashamed”)

• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “लज्जा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Platts, John T. (1884), “लज्जा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.

From the root लस्ज् (lasj), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *lazȷ́- (“to be shy, to be embarrassed”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /l̪ɐd.d͡ʑɑː/, [l̪ɐd̚.d͡ʑɑː]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ɐd.d͡ʑɑː/, [ˈl̪ɐd̚.d͡ʑɑː]

लज्जा • (lajjā) f

1. shame, embarrassment, modesty
2. sensitivity, bashfulness

   लज्जा मा अस्तु।

   lajjā mā astu.

   Don't feel shy.

3. (botany) the sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica).

   Synonym: लज्जालु (lajjālu)

• लज्जास्पद (lajjāspada)
• लज्जायित (lajjāyita)
• लज्जावत् (lajjāvat)
• सञ्जातलज्ज (sañjātalajja)

• Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀮𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (lajjā)
  • Assamese: লাজ (laz)
  • Bengali: লাজ (laj)
  • Oriya: ନାଜ (najô)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀮𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (lajjā)
  • Konkani: लज (laz)
  • Marathi: लाज (lāj̈)
• Pali: lajjā
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀮𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (lajjā)
  • Gujarati: લાજ (lāj)
  • Hindi: लाज (lāj)
  • Nepali: लाज (lāja)
  • Punjabi: ਲੱਜ (laj), ਲਾਜ (lāj)
• → Kannada: ಲಜ್ಜೆ (lajje)
• → Telugu: లజ్జ (lajja)

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “lajjā (10910)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press