मज्जन्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• মজ্জন্ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬚ᭄ᬚᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
• মজ্জন্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰕𑰿𑰕𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• မဇ္ဇန် (Burmese script)
• મજ્જન્ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਜ੍ਜਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌜𑍍𑌜𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦗ꧀ꦗꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂔𑂹𑂔𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಜ್ಜೝ (Kannada script)
• មជ្ជន៑ (Khmer script)
• ມຊ຺ຊນ຺ (Lao script)
• മജ്ജന് (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᡯᡯᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘕𑘿𑘕𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠽᠽᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑦵𑧠𑦵𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐖𑑂𑐖𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
• ମଜ୍ଜନ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢙ꣄ꢙꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆘𑇀𑆘𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖕𑖿𑖕𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
• මජ‍්ජන් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩣 𑪙𑩣𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚑𑚶𑚑𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
• மஜ்ஜந் (Tamil script)
• మజ్జౝ (Telugu script)
• มชฺชนฺ (Thai script)
• མ་ཛྫ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒖𑓂𑒖𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨥𑩇𑨥𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *maźźʰā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mazǰʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European *mosgʰḗn. Compare English marrow.

The Central New-Indo-Aryan descendants all have unusual vowels, reflecting *mejja or *mijja (perhaps undergoing usual Middle Indo-Aryan shortening of vowels before geminates). These may reflect a retention of the thorn cluster in the same way Sanskrit मेधा (medhā́, “wisdom”) preserves Proto-Indo-Iranian *mazdʰáH's cluster with compensatory lengthening.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐd.d͡ʑɐ́n/, [mɐd̚.d͡ʑɐ́n]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐd̪.d͡ʑɐn̪/, [ˈmɐd̪̚.d͡ʑɐn̪]

Noun

मज्जन् • (majján) stem, m

1. marrow (of the bones), pith

   Synonym: हड्डज (haḍḍaja)

Declension

Masculine an-stem declension of मज्जन् (majján)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मज्जा majjā́	मज्जानौ / मज्जाना¹ majjā́nau / majjā́nā¹	मज्जानः majjā́naḥ
Vocative	मज्जन् májjan	मज्जानौ / मज्जाना¹ májjānau / májjānā¹	मज्जानः májjānaḥ
Accusative	मज्जानम् majjā́nam	मज्जानौ / मज्जाना¹ majjā́nau / majjā́nā¹	मज्ज्ञः majjñáḥ
Instrumental	मज्ज्ञा majjñā́	मज्जभ्याम् majjábhyām	मज्जभिः majjábhiḥ
Dative	मज्ज्ञे majjñé	मज्जभ्याम् majjábhyām	मज्जभ्यः majjábhyaḥ
Ablative	मज्ज्ञः majjñáḥ	मज्जभ्याम् majjábhyām	मज्जभ्यः majjábhyaḥ
Genitive	मज्ज्ञः majjñáḥ	मज्ज्ञोः majjñóḥ	मज्ज्ञाम् majjñā́m
Locative	मज्ज्ञि / मज्जनि / मज्जन्¹ majjñí / majjáni / majján¹	मज्ज्ञोः majjñóḥ	मज्जसु majjásu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Dameli: [script needed] (mānũ)
  • Kalasha: [script needed] (muñ), [script needed] (bhrānz)
  • Khowar: مژ (muž)
• Pali: miñjā
• Prakrit: 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (majjā), 𑀫𑀺𑀁𑀚𑀸 (miṃjā)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (majjā)
      • Hindustani: bhejā ("brain"), mā̃j ("matter, pus")

        Hindi: भेजा, माँज (“matter, pus”)

        Urdu: بھیجَہ (bheja), مَاںج (mā̃j)

  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (majjā)
      • Assamese: মজা (moza, “core, inner part”)
      • Bengali: মজ্জা (mojja), মাইজ (maij)
      • Odia: ମଞ୍ଜା (môñja), ମଞ୍ଜ (môñjô, “heartwood”)
  • Northwestern:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Punjabi: bhejā (“brain, marrow”), mij, mañjā, mijjh, miñjh, bhejjā

          Gurmukhi script: ਭੇਜਾ, ਮਿਜ, ਮੰਜਾ, ਮਿੱਝ, ਮਿੰਝ, ਭੇੱਜਾ

          Shahmukhi script: بھیجَہ, مِج, مَنجَہ, مِجّھ, مِنجھ, بھیجّھَہ

          • Lahnda: مجھ (mìjh)
            • Saraiki: مِیڄ (mīǰ), مِجّ (mijj)
      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi: mijā, majalo, maj̄ālo, mij̄a, miña, miñu

          Arabic script: مِجَه, مَجَلو, مَجَالو, مِڄَ, مِڃَ, مِڃُ

          Devanagari script: मिजा, मजलो, मॼालो, मिॼ, मिञ, मिञु

  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: މަދު (madu)
      • Sinhalese: මිදුළු (miduḷu)
  • Western:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (majjā)
      • Gujarati: ભેજું (bhejũ, “brain”), મીચ (mīc, “kernel”), મીઁજ (mīm̐j)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मज्जन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 773/2.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “majján”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press