भूर्ज

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভূৰ্জ (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬹᬃᬚ (Balinese script)
• ভূর্জ (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰳𑰨𑰿𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀽𑀭𑁆𑀚 (Brahmi script)
• ဘူရ်္ဇ (Burmese script)
• ભૂર્જ (Gujarati script)
• ਭੂਰ੍ਜ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌜 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦹꦂꦗ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂴𑂩𑂹𑂔 (Kaithi script)
• ಭೂರ್ಜ (Kannada script)
• ភូជ៌ (Khmer script)
• ຠູຣ຺ຊ (Lao script)
• ഭൂര്ജ (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᡠᡠᡵᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘴𑘨𑘿𑘕 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠤᠤᠷᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧕𑧈𑧠𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐹𑐬𑑂𑐖 (Newa script)
• ଭୂର୍ଜ (Odia script)
• ꢩꢹꢬ꣄ꢙ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆷𑆫𑇀𑆘 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖳𑖨𑖿𑖕 (Siddham script)
• භූර්‍ජ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩒𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩣 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚱𑚤𑚶𑚑 (Takri script)
• பூ⁴ர்ஜ (Tamil script)
• భూర్జ (Telugu script)
• ภูรฺช (Thai script)
• བྷཱུ་རྫ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒴𑒩𑓂𑒖 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨃𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨥 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰr̥Hȷ́ás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰr̥Hȷ́ás, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós (“birch”). Cognate with Latin fraxinus, Lithuanian beržas, English birch.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱuːɾ.d͡ʑɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱuːɾ.d͡ʑɐ/

Noun

भूर्ज • (bhūrja) stem, m

1. Himalayan birch (Betula utilis)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of भूर्ज

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	भूर्जः (bhūrjaḥ)	भूर्जौ (bhūrjau) भूर्जा¹ (bhūrjā¹)	भूर्जाः (bhūrjāḥ) भूर्जासः¹ (bhūrjāsaḥ¹)
accusative	भूर्जम् (bhūrjam)	भूर्जौ (bhūrjau) भूर्जा¹ (bhūrjā¹)	भूर्जान् (bhūrjān)
instrumental	भूर्जेन (bhūrjena)	भूर्जाभ्याम् (bhūrjābhyām)	भूर्जैः (bhūrjaiḥ) भूर्जेभिः¹ (bhūrjebhiḥ¹)
dative	भूर्जाय (bhūrjāya)	भूर्जाभ्याम् (bhūrjābhyām)	भूर्जेभ्यः (bhūrjebhyaḥ)
ablative	भूर्जात् (bhūrjāt)	भूर्जाभ्याम् (bhūrjābhyām)	भूर्जेभ्यः (bhūrjebhyaḥ)
genitive	भूर्जस्य (bhūrjasya)	भूर्जयोः (bhūrjayoḥ)	भूर्जानाम् (bhūrjānām)
locative	भूर्जे (bhūrje)	भूर्जयोः (bhūrjayoḥ)	भूर्जेषु (bhūrjeṣu)
vocative	भूर्ज (bhūrja)	भूर्जौ (bhūrjau) भूर्जा¹ (bhūrjā¹)	भूर्जाः (bhūrjāḥ) भूर्जासः¹ (bhūrjāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: bhūja
• Prakrit: 𑀪𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚 (bhujja), 𑀪𑀽𑀚 (bhūja), 𑀪𑀼𑀅 (bhua)
• Kashmiri: بُرزٕ (burzụ)
• Khowar: بوُڑی (buɫí)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “भूर्ज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 764/2.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bhūrja”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press