भञ्ज्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ভঞ্জ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬪᬜ᭄ᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
- ভঞ্জ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰥𑰗𑰿𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀪𑀜𑁆𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဘဉ္ဇ် (Burmese script)
- ભઞ્જ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਭਞ੍ਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌭𑌞𑍍𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦨꦚ꧀ꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂦𑂖𑂹𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಭಞ್ಜ್ (Kannada script)
- ភញ្ជ៑ (Khmer script)
- ຠຎ຺ຊ຺ (Lao script)
- ഭഞ്ജ് (Malayalam script)
- ᢨᠠᠨᡳᠶᡯ (Manchu script)
- 𑘥𑘗𑘿𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠾᠠᡛᠽ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧅𑦷𑧠𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐨𑐘𑑂𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଭଞ୍ଜ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢩꢛ꣄ꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆨𑆚𑇀𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖥𑖗𑖿𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
- භඤ්ජ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩳𑩥 𑪙𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚡𑚓𑚶𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
- ப⁴ஞ்ஜ் (Tamil script)
- భఞ్జ్ (Telugu script)
- ภญฺชฺ (Thai script)
- བྷ་ཉྫ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒦𑒘𑓂𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨡𑨓𑩇𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeng-, nasal-infixed form of *bʰeg- (“to break”).
Root
भञ्ज् • (bhañj)
- to break, shatter, split etc.
- to break into, make a breach in (a fortress, with accusative)
- to rout, put to flight, defeat (an army)
- to dissolve (an assembly)
- to break up or divide
- to bend
- to check, arrest, suspend, frustrate, disappoint
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root भञ्ज् (0 c, 7 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root भञ्ज् (8 c, 0 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- भनक्ति (bhanákti) (Present)
- भङ्क्ष्यति (bhaṅkṣyáti) (Future)
- भङ्क्ता (bhaṅktā́) (Periphrastic Future)
- अभाङ्क्षीत् (ábhāṅkṣīt) (Aorist)
- भज्यात् (bhajyā́t) (Benedictive)
- बभञ्ज (babháñja) (Perfect)
- Secondary Forms
- भज्यते (bhajyáte) (Passive)
- अभाजि (ábhāji) (Passive Aorist)
- भञ्जयति (bhañjáyati) (Causative)
- अबभञ्जत् (ábabhañjat) (Causative Aorist)
- बिभाङ्क्षति (bibhāṅkṣati) (Desiderative)
- बम्भञ्जीति (bambhañjīti) (Intensive)
- बम्भज्यते (bambhajyate) (Intensive)
- Non-Finite Forms
- भग्न (bhagná) (Past Participle)
- भङ्क्त्वा (bhaṅktvā́) (Gerund)
- भक्त्वा (bhaktvā́) (Gerund)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- Prefixed Root Forms
- अभिभञ्ज् (abhibhañj)
- अवभञ्ज् (avabhañj)
- निर्भञ्ज् (nirbhañj)
- प्रतिभञ्ज् (pratibhañj)
- प्रभञ्ज् (prabhañj)
- विभञ्ज् (vibhañj)
- सम्भञ्ज् (sambhañj)
Descendants
- → Punjabi: ਭਾਂਜ (bhāñj)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “भञ्ज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 744, column 2.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “भञ्ज्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025), “bhañj”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “भञ्ज्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 242-3
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 66