भज्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভজ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ভজ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဘဇ် (Burmese script)
• ભજ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਭਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಭಜ್ (Kannada script)
• ភជ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຠຊ຺ (Lao script)
• ഭജ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᠠᡯ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠠᠽ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଭଜ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢩꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
• භජ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
• ப⁴ஜ் (Tamil script)
• భజ్ (Telugu script)
• ภชฺ (Thai script)
• བྷ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-

Sanskrit भज् (bhaj)

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰag-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to divide, distribute, allot”). See also भजति (bhájati) and भग (bhága).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐd͡ʑ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱɐd͡ʑ/

Root

भज् • (bhaj)

1. to divide, distribute, allot, apportion, share
2. to grant, bestow, furnish, supply
3. (middle voice) to partake of, enjoy, possess

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root भज् (0 c, 17 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root भज् (14 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• भजति (bhájati, Present)
• भक्ष्यति (bhakṣyáti, Future)
• भजिष्यति (bhajiṣyáti, Future)
• भक्ता (bhaktā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अभाक्षीत् (ábhākṣīt, Aorist)
• भक्षीष्ट (bhakṣīṣṭá, Benedictive)
• बभाज (babhā́ja, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• भज्यते (bhajyáte, Passive)
• भाजयति (bhājáyati, Causative)
• अबीभक् (ábībhak, Causative Aorist)
• अबभाजत् (ábabhājat, Causative Aorist)
• भाज्यते (bhājyáte, Passive of Causative)
• बिभक्षति (bibhakṣati, Desiderative)
• बाभज्यते (bābhajyate, Intensive)
• बाभक्ति (bābhakti, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• भक्त (bhaktá, Past Participle)
• भक्तुम् (bhaktum, Infinitive)
• भजितुम् (bhajitum, Infinitive)
• भाजम् (bhā́jam, Infinitive)
• भक्त्वा (bhaktvā́, Gerund)
• भक्त्वाय (bhaktvā́ya, Gerund)
• भज्य (bhajya, Gerund)
• भजनीय (bhajanīya, Gerundive)
• भजितव्य (bhajitavya, Gerundive)
• भक्तव्य (bhaktavya, Gerundive)
• भजेन्य (bhajenya, Gerundive)
• भज्य (bhajya, Gerundive)
• भाज्य (bhājya, Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• भक्ति (bhaktí)
• भक्तृ (bhaktṛ)
• भग (bhága)
• भाग्य (bhāgya)
• भजन (bhajana)
• भजिन् (bhajin)
• भाग (bhāgá)
• भागिन् (bhāgín)
• भागीयस् (bhāgīyas)
• भाज् (bhāj)
• भाजक (bhājaka)
• भाजन (bhā́jana)
• भाजयु (bhājayú)
• भाजिन् (bhājin)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अनुभज् (anubhaj)
• अपभज् (apabhaj)
• आभज् (ābhaj)
• निर्भज् (nirbhaj)
• प्रतिभज् (pratibhaj)
• प्रभज् (prabhaj)
• विभज् (vibhaj)
• सम्भज् (sambhaj)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “भज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 743, column 1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 108
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “भज्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “bhaj”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 241-242
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “107”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 107
• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 273