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

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. (middle voice) to partake of, enjoy, possess

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

• भज॑ति (bhájati, present)
• भ॒क्ष्यति॑ (bhakṣyáti, future)
• भ॒जि॒ष्यति॑ (bhajiṣyáti, future)
• भ॒क्ता (bhaktā́, periphrastic future)
• अभा॑क्षीत् (ábhākṣīt, aorist)
• भ॒क्षी॒ष्ट (bhakṣīṣṭá, benedictive)
• ब॒भाज॑ (babhā́ja, perfect)

Secondary forms

• भ॒ज्यते॑ (bhajyáte, passive)
• भा॒जय॑ति (bhājáyati, causative)
• अबी॑भक् (ábībhak, causative aorist)
• अब॑भाजत् (ábabhājat, causative aorist)
• भा॒ज्यते॑ (bhājyáte, passive of causative)
• बिभक्षति (bibhakṣati, desiderative)
• बाभज्यते (bābhajyate, intensive)
• बाभक्ति (bābhakti, intensive)

Non-finite forms

• भ॒क्त (bhaktá, past passive participle)
• भक्तुम् (bhaktum, infinitive)
• भजितुम् (bhajitum, infinitive)
• भाज॑म् (bhā́jam, infinitive)
• भ॒क्त्वा (bhaktvā́, gerund)
• भ॒क्त्वाय॑ (bhaktvā́ya, gerund)
• भज्य (bhajya, gerund)
• भजनीय (bhajanīya, gerundive)
• भजितव्य (bhajitavya, gerundive)
• भक्तव्य (bhaktavya, gerundive)
• भजेन्य (bhajenya, gerundive)
• भज्य (bhajya, gerundive)
• भाज्य (bhājya, gerundive)

Derived nominal forms

• भ॒क्ति (bhaktí)
• भक्तृ (bhaktṛ)
• भग॑ (bhága)
• भाग्य (bhāgya)
• भजन (bhajana)
• भजिन् (bhajin)
• भा॒ग (bhāgá)
• भा॒गिन् (bhāgín)
• भागीयस् (bhāgīyas)
• भाज् (bhāj)
• भाजक (bhājaka)
• भाज॑न (bhā́jana)
• भा॒ज॒यु (bhājayú)
• भाजिन् (bhājin)

Prefixed root forms

• अनुभज् (anubhaj)
• अपभज् (apabhaj)
• आभज् (ābhaj)
• निर्भज् (nirbhaj)
• प्रतिभज् (pratibhaj)
• प्रभज् (prabhaj)
• विभज् (vibhaj)
• सम्भज् (sambhaj)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root भज् (0 c, 20 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root भज् (20 c, 0 e)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “भज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 743, column 1.
• William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 108

• 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
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “bhaj”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• 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), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, 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