मज्जन्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *maźźʰā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mazǰʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European *mosgʰos. Compare English marrow.

The Central New-Indo-Aryan descendants all have unusual vowels, reflecting *mejja or *mijja (perhaps undergoing usual Middle Indo-Aryan shortening of vowels before geminates). These may reflect a retention of the thorn cluster in the same way Sanskrit मेधा (medhā́, “wisdom”) preserves Proto-Indo-Iranian *mazdʰáH's cluster with compensatory lengthening.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐd.d͡ʑɐ́n/, [mɐd̚.d͡ʑɐ́n]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐd̪.d͡ʑɐn̪/, [ˈmɐd̪̚.d͡ʑɐn̪]

Noun

मज्जन् • (majján) stem, m

1. marrow (of the bones), pith

   Synonym: हड्डज (haḍḍaja)

Declension

Masculine an-stem declension of मज्जन् (majján)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मज्जा majjā́	मज्जानौ / मज्जाना¹ majjā́nau / majjā́nā¹	मज्जानः majjā́naḥ
Vocative	मज्जन् májjan	मज्जानौ / मज्जाना¹ májjānau / májjānā¹	मज्जानः májjānaḥ
Accusative	मज्जानम् majjā́nam	मज्जानौ / मज्जाना¹ majjā́nau / majjā́nā¹	मज्ज्ञः majjñáḥ
Instrumental	मज्ज्ञा majjñā́	मज्जभ्याम् majjábhyām	मज्जभिः majjábhiḥ
Dative	मज्ज्ञे majjñé	मज्जभ्याम् majjábhyām	मज्जभ्यः majjábhyaḥ
Ablative	मज्ज्ञः majjñáḥ	मज्जभ्याम् majjábhyām	मज्जभ्यः majjábhyaḥ
Genitive	मज्ज्ञः majjñáḥ	मज्ज्ञोः majjñóḥ	मज्ज्ञाम् majjñā́m
Locative	मज्ज्ञि / मज्जनि / मज्जन्¹ majjñí / majjáni / majján¹	मज्ज्ञोः majjñóḥ	मज्जसु majjásu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Dameli: [script needed] (mānũ)
  • Kalasha: [script needed] (muñ), [script needed] (bhrānz)
  • Khowar: [script needed] (muž)
• • Dhivehi: މަދު (madu)
  • Sinhalese: මිදුළු (miduḷu)
• • Assamese: মজা (moza, “core, inner part”)
  • Bengali: মাজ (maj), মাইজ (maij)
  • Odia: ମଞ୍ଜା (mañjā), ମଞ୍ଜ (mañja, “heartwood”)
• Pali: miñjā
• • Gujarati: ભેજું (bhejũ, “brain”), મીચ (mīc, “kernel”)
  • Hindi: भेजा (bhejā, “brain”), माँज (māñj, “matter, pus”)
  • Punjabi: ਭੇਜਾ (bhejā, “brain, marrow”), ਮਿਜ (mij), ਮੰਜਾ (mañjā)
  • Sindhi: मिजा (mijā, “brain, marrow”) Sindhi: मजलो (majalo, “brain”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मज्जन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 773/2.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “majján”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press