भाजन

See also: भेजना and भोजन

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भाजन (bhā́jana).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /bʱɑː.d͡ʒən/, [bʱäː.d͡ʒɐ̃n]

Noun

भाजन • (bhājan) m (Urdu spelling بَھاجَن) (rare, formal)

1. (mathematics) division

   Synonym: तक़सीम (taqsīm)

2. vessel, dish

   Synonyms: बर्तन (bartan), पात्र (pātra)

3. a worthy recipient

Declension

Declension of भाजन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	भाजन bhājan	भाजन bhājan
oblique	भाजन bhājan	भाजनों bhājanõ
vocative	भाजन bhājan	भाजनो bhājano

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “भाजन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “भाजन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভাজন (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬵᬚᬦ (Balinese script)
• ভাজন (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰯𑰕𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀸𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ဘာဇန (Burmese script)
• ભાજન (Gujarati script)
• ਭਾਜਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑌾𑌜𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦴꦗꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂰𑂔𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಭಾಜನ (Kannada script)
• ភាជន (Khmer script)
• ຠາຊນ (Lao script)
• ഭാജന (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡯᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘰𑘕𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠠᢗᠽᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧑𑦵𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐵𑐖𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଭାଜନ (Odia script)
• ꢩꢵꢙꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆳𑆘𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖯𑖕𑖡 (Siddham script)
• භාජන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩛𑩣𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚭𑚑𑚝 (Takri script)
• ப⁴ாஜந (Tamil script)
• భాజన (Telugu script)
• ภาชน (Thai script)
• བྷཱ་ཛ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒰𑒖𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨊𑨥𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of भजन (bhajana).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɑ́ː.d͡ʑɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱɑː.d͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

भाज॑न • (bhā́jana) stem, n

1. (arithmetic) dividing, sharing
2. "partaker of", a recipient, receptacle
3. a vessel, pot, plate, cup
4. a place or person in which anything is collected or in whom any quality is conspicuous, any fit object or clever or deserving person

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of भाज॑न

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	भाज॑नम् (bhā́janam)	भाज॑ने (bhā́jane)	भाज॑नानि (bhā́janāni) भाज॑ना¹ (bhā́janā¹)
accusative	भाज॑नम् (bhā́janam)	भाज॑ने (bhā́jane)	भाज॑नानि (bhā́janāni) भाज॑ना¹ (bhā́janā¹)
instrumental	भाज॑नेन (bhā́janena)	भाज॑नाभ्याम् (bhā́janābhyām)	भाज॑नैः (bhā́janaiḥ) भाज॑नेभिः¹ (bhā́janebhiḥ¹)
dative	भाज॑नाय (bhā́janāya)	भाज॑नाभ्याम् (bhā́janābhyām)	भाज॑नेभ्यः (bhā́janebhyaḥ)
ablative	भाज॑नात् (bhā́janāt)	भाज॑नाभ्याम् (bhā́janābhyām)	भाज॑नेभ्यः (bhā́janebhyaḥ)
genitive	भाज॑नस्य (bhā́janasya)	भाज॑नयोः (bhā́janayoḥ)	भाज॑नानाम् (bhā́janānām)
locative	भाज॑ने (bhā́jane)	भाज॑नयोः (bhā́janayoḥ)	भाज॑नेषु (bhā́janeṣu)
vocative	भाज॑न (bhā́jana)	भाज॑ने (bhā́jane)	भाज॑नानि (bhā́janāni) भाज॑ना¹ (bhā́janā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: bhājana
• Lao: ພາຊະນະ (phā sa na), ພາດຊະນະ (phāt sa na)
• Thai: ภาชนะ (paa-chá-ná)
• → Hindustani: (learned)

  Hindi: भाजन (bhājan)

  Urdu: بَھاجَن (bhājan)

• → Tocharian B: bhājaṃ (learned)
• → Tocharian B: kuntipaśaṃ (learned) (compound)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “भाजन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 752.

Further reading

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “bhājana”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.