विभाजन

See also: विभजन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विभाजन (vibhājana). By surface analysis, वि- (vi-) +‎ भाजन (bhājan).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

विभाजन • (vibhājan) m (Urdu spelling وبھاجن)

1. division, partition

   Synonyms: बँटवारा (bãṭvārā), बँटाई (bãṭāī), तक़सीम (taqsīm)

2. distribution, allotment
3. (mathematics) division

   Synonym: भाग (bhāg)

Declension

Declension of विभाजन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	विभाजन vibhājan	विभाजन vibhājan
oblique	विभाजन vibhājan	विभाजनों vibhājanõ
vocative	विभाजन vibhājan	विभाजनो vibhājano

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “विभाजन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “विभाजन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱিভাজন (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬶᬪᬵᬚᬦ (Balinese script)
• বিভাজন (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰰𑰥𑰯𑰕𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀪𑀸𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ဝိဘာဇန (Burmese script)
• વિભાજન (Gujarati script)
• ਵਿਭਾਜਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌿𑌭𑌾𑌜𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦶꦨꦴꦗꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂱𑂦𑂰𑂔𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ವಿಭಾಜನ (Kannada script)
• វិភាជន (Khmer script)
• ວິຠາຊນ (Lao script)
• വിഭാജന (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᢨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡯᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘱𑘥𑘰𑘕𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᠪᠾᠠᢗᠽᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧒𑧅𑧑𑦵𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐶𑐨𑐵𑐖𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଵିଭାଜନ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢶꢩꢵꢙꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆴𑆨𑆳𑆘𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖰𑖥𑖯𑖕𑖡 (Siddham script)
• විභාජන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑩳𑩛𑩣𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚮𑚡𑚭𑚑𑚝 (Takri script)
• விப⁴ாஜந (Tamil script)
• విభాజన (Telugu script)
• วิภาชน (Thai script)
• ཝི་བྷཱ་ཛ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒱𑒦𑒰𑒖𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨡𑨊𑨥𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From वि- (vi-) +‎ भज् (bhaj, root) +‎ -अन (-ana), in which the longer ā is due to विभाजयति (vibhājayati, “causes to share, divide”). Compare विभजन (vibhajana).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

विभाजन • (vibhājana) stem, n

1. (arithmetic) division, distribution
2. the act of causing to share or distribute, participation

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of विभाजन

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	विभाजनम् (vibhājanam)	विभाजने (vibhājane)	विभाजनानि (vibhājanāni) विभाजना¹ (vibhājanā¹)
accusative	विभाजनम् (vibhājanam)	विभाजने (vibhājane)	विभाजनानि (vibhājanāni) विभाजना¹ (vibhājanā¹)
instrumental	विभाजनेन (vibhājanena)	विभाजनाभ्याम् (vibhājanābhyām)	विभाजनैः (vibhājanaiḥ) विभाजनेभिः¹ (vibhājanebhiḥ¹)
dative	विभाजनाय (vibhājanāya)	विभाजनाभ्याम् (vibhājanābhyām)	विभाजनेभ्यः (vibhājanebhyaḥ)
ablative	विभाजनात् (vibhājanāt)	विभाजनाभ्याम् (vibhājanābhyām)	विभाजनेभ्यः (vibhājanebhyaḥ)
genitive	विभाजनस्य (vibhājanasya)	विभाजनयोः (vibhājanayoḥ)	विभाजनानाम् (vibhājanānām)
locative	विभाजने (vibhājane)	विभाजनयोः (vibhājanayoḥ)	विभाजनेषु (vibhājaneṣu)
vocative	विभाजन (vibhājana)	विभाजने (vibhājane)	विभाजनानि (vibhājanāni) विभाजना¹ (vibhājanā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “विभाजन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 977, column 3.