•an adamant (mythical rock thought to be of impenetrable hardness) · something extremely solid and indestructible · the firmness of one's own spirit and the strength of one's own spiritual power
köken: From Middle Dutch schicht, from Old Dutch *skiht, from Proto-Germanic *skihtiz, derived from *skehaną (from which geschieden). The meaning was "something that shoots forward" and is only attested in Dutch; the German near-cognate Geschichte preserves the earlier meaning "forward movement" and hence "that which proceeds/occurs".
köken: Borrowed from Old East Slavic адамантъ (adamantŭ), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas). See the more modern form deimantas, from the same source through French.
"the hard or mighty one", a thunderbolt · also applied to a thunderbolt in general, or to the lightning evolved from the centrifugal energy of the circular thunderbolt of Indra when launched at a foe · in Northern Buddhist countries, it is shaped like a dumbbell and called Dorje (MWB. 201, 322 etc.; RV. etc.)
çekim: çoğul वज्राः॑ · tamlayan वज्र॑स्य
köken: From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáȷ́ras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáȷ́ras, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“strong, lively”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬰𐬭𐬀 (vazra, “mace; main weapon of Mithra”), Persian گرز (“club, mace”). Compare also Old Armenian վարզ (varz, “mace”), an Iranian borrowing.