bhuñjati

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀪𑀼𑀜𑁆𑀚𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• भुञ्जति (Devanagari script)
• ভুঞ্জতি (Bengali script)
• භුඤ‍්ජති (Sinhalese script)
• ဘုဉ္ဇတိ or ꧤုၺ္ၹတိ or ꧤုၺ်ၹတိ (Burmese script)
• ภุญฺชติ or ภุญชะติ (Thai script)
• ᨽᩩᨬ᩠ᨩᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ຠຸຎ຺ຊຕິ or ຠຸຎຊະຕິ (Lao script)
• ភុញ្ជតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄞𑄪𑄐𑄴𑄎𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit भुञ्जते (bhuñjate).

Verb

bhuñjati (root bhuj, second conjugation)

1. to eat

Conjugation

Conjugation of "bhuñjati"

	Active		Middle
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Present
1st	bhuñjāmi	bhuñjāma	bhuñje	bhuñjāmhe
2nd	bhuñjasi	bhuñjatha	bhuñjase	bhuñjavhe
3rd	bhuñjati	bhuñjanti	bhuñjate	bhuñjante or bhuñjare
Imperative
1st	bhuñjāmi	bhuñjāma	bhuñje	bhuñjāmase
2nd	bhuñja or bhuñjāhi	bhuñjatha	bhuñjassu	bhuñjavho
3rd	bhuñjatu	bhuñjantu	bhuñjataṃ	bhuñjantaṃ
Optative
1st	bhuñjeyyāmi or bhuñjeyyaṃ or bhuñje	bhuñjeyyāma	bhuñjeyyaṃ	bhuñjeyyāmhe
2nd	bhuñjeyyāsi or bhuñje	bhuñjeyyātha	bhuñjetho	bhuñjeyyavho
3rd	bhuñjeyya or bhuñje	bhuñjeyyuṃ	bhuñjetha	bhuñjeraṃ

• Present active participle: bhuñjant, which see for forms and usage
• Present middle participle: bhuñjamāna, which see for forms and usage

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “bhuñjati”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bhuñjatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 543