भज्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভজ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ভজ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဘဇ် (Burmese script)
• ભજ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਭਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಭಜ್ (Kannada script)
• ភជ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຠຊ຺ (Lao script)
• ഭജ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᠠᡯ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠠᠽ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଭଜ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢩꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
• භජ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
• ப⁴ஜ் (Tamil script)
• భజ్ (Telugu script)
• ภชฺ (Thai script)
• བྷ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-

Sanskrit भज् (bhaj)

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰag-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to divide, distribute, allot”). See also भजति (bhájati) and भग (bhága).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐd͡ʑ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱɐd͡ʑ/

Root

भज् • (bhaj)

1. to divide, distribute, allot, apportion, share
2. to grant, bestow, furnish, supply
3. to partake of, enjoy, possess

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root भज् (0 c, 14 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• भजति (bhájati, Present)
• भज्यति (bhajyáti, Future)

Derived Nominal Forms

• भग (bhága)
• भगवत् (bhágavat)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “भज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0743.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 0108
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “भज्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 241-242
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “107”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 107
• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 273