मञ्जिष्ठा

See also: मञ्जिष्ठ

Sanskrit

Etymology

From मञ्ज् (mañj, “to cleanse or be bright”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐɲ.d͡ʑiʂ.ʈʰɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mɐɲˈd͡ʑiʂ.ʈʰɑː/
• Hyphenation: म‧ञ्‧जिष्‧ठा

Noun

मञ्जिष्ठा • (mañjiṣṭhā) stem, f

1. Indian madder, Rubia manjith (syn. Rubia munjista)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of मञ्जिष्ठा (mañjiṣṭhā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मञ्जिष्ठा mañjiṣṭhā	मञ्जिष्ठे mañjiṣṭhe	मञ्जिष्ठाः mañjiṣṭhāḥ
Vocative	मञ्जिष्ठे mañjiṣṭhe	मञ्जिष्ठे mañjiṣṭhe	मञ्जिष्ठाः mañjiṣṭhāḥ
Accusative	मञ्जिष्ठाम् mañjiṣṭhām	मञ्जिष्ठे mañjiṣṭhe	मञ्जिष्ठाः mañjiṣṭhāḥ
Instrumental	मञ्जिष्ठया / मञ्जिष्ठा¹ mañjiṣṭhayā / mañjiṣṭhā¹	मञ्जिष्ठाभ्याम् mañjiṣṭhābhyām	मञ्जिष्ठाभिः mañjiṣṭhābhiḥ
Dative	मञ्जिष्ठायै mañjiṣṭhāyai	मञ्जिष्ठाभ्याम् mañjiṣṭhābhyām	मञ्जिष्ठाभ्यः mañjiṣṭhābhyaḥ
Ablative	मञ्जिष्ठायाः / मञ्जिष्ठायै² mañjiṣṭhāyāḥ / mañjiṣṭhāyai²	मञ्जिष्ठाभ्याम् mañjiṣṭhābhyām	मञ्जिष्ठाभ्यः mañjiṣṭhābhyaḥ
Genitive	मञ्जिष्ठायाः / मञ्जिष्ठायै² mañjiṣṭhāyāḥ / mañjiṣṭhāyai²	मञ्जिष्ठयोः mañjiṣṭhayoḥ	मञ्जिष्ठानाम् mañjiṣṭhānām
Locative	मञ्जिष्ठायाम् mañjiṣṭhāyām	मञ्जिष्ठयोः mañjiṣṭhayoḥ	मञ्जिष्ठासु mañjiṣṭhāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: مَزیٹھ (mazēṭh), مَزیٹھِ (mazēṭhi)
• Pali: mañjeṭṭhī
• Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸 (maṃjiṭṭhā)
  • Central:
    • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸 (maṃjiṭṭhā)
      • Old Awadhi: मँजीठ (mañjīṭh)
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸 (maṃjiṭṭhā)
      • Gujarati: મજીઠ (majīṭh)
      • Hindustani: majīṭh, mañjīṭh

        Hindi: मजीठ, मंजीठ

        Urdu: مَجِیٹھ (majīṭh), مَنجِیٹھ (manjīṭh)

        • → Burmese: မဇိဌ် (ma.jiht)
        • → English: munjeet
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: মজাঠি (mozathi), মেজাঠি (mezathi)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Eastern Pahari:
        • Nepali: मजिठो (majiṭho)
  • Northwestern:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Punjabi: majīṭ, majīṭh, mãjīṭ, mãjīṭh

          Gurmukhi script: ਮਜੀਟ, ਮਜੀਠ, ਮਁਜੀਟ, ਮਁਜੀਠ

          Shahmukhi script: مَجِیٹ, مَجِیٹھ, مَںجِیٹ, مَںجِیٹھ

      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi: mañuṭha, maĩṭha

          Arabic script: مَڃُٺَ, مَينٺَ

          Devanagari script: मञुठ, मैँठ

          • Kachchi: મજીઠ (majīṭh)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: މަދޮށި (madoṣi), މަދެށި (madeṣi)
      • Sinhalese: මදට (madaṭa), මදටි (madaṭi), මදටිය (madaṭiya)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Konkani: mañjūṭi

        Devanagari script: मंजूटि

        Latin script: monjutti

        Kannada script: ಮಂಜೂಟಿ

  • Western:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸 (maṃjiṭṭhā)
      • Gujarati: મજીઠ (majīṭh), મંજીઠ (mañjīṭh)
  • → Dravidian:
    • Malayalam: മഞ്ചട്ടി (mañcaṭṭi)
    • Tamil: மஞ்சிட்டி (mañciṭṭi), மஞ்சட்டி (mañcaṭṭi)
• → Kannada: ಮಂಜಿಷ್ಠ (mañjiṣṭha)
• → Telugu: మంజిష్ఠ (mañjiṣṭha)
• → Tulu: ಮಂಜಿಷ್ಠ (mañjiṣṭha)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मञ्जिष्ठा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0774.
• Rubia manjith at Plants of the World Online
• Rubia+manjith at The Plant List
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “manjistha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 556