भूर्ज

Sanskrit

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

भूर्ज • (bhūrjá) stem, m

1. Himalayan birch (Betula utilis)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of भूर्ज (bhūrjá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भूर्जः bhūrjáḥ	भूर्जौ / भूर्जा¹ bhūrjaú / bhūrjā́¹	भूर्जाः / भूर्जासः¹ bhūrjā́ḥ / bhūrjā́saḥ¹
Vocative	भूर्ज bhū́rja	भूर्जौ / भूर्जा¹ bhū́rjau / bhū́rjā¹	भूर्जाः / भूर्जासः¹ bhū́rjāḥ / bhū́rjāsaḥ¹
Accusative	भूर्जम् bhūrjám	भूर्जौ / भूर्जा¹ bhūrjaú / bhūrjā́¹	भूर्जान् bhūrjā́n
Instrumental	भूर्जेन bhūrjéna	भूर्जाभ्याम् bhūrjā́bhyām	भूर्जैः / भूर्जेभिः¹ bhūrjaíḥ / bhūrjébhiḥ¹
Dative	भूर्जाय bhūrjā́ya	भूर्जाभ्याम् bhūrjā́bhyām	भूर्जेभ्यः bhūrjébhyaḥ
Ablative	भूर्जात् bhūrjā́t	भूर्जाभ्याम् bhūrjā́bhyām	भूर्जेभ्यः bhūrjébhyaḥ
Genitive	भूर्जस्य bhūrjásya	भूर्जयोः bhūrjáyoḥ	भूर्जानाम् bhūrjā́nām
Locative	भूर्जे bhūrjé	भूर्जयोः bhūrjáyoḥ	भूर्जेषु bhūrjéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “भूर्ज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 764/2.