भजति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ভজতি (Assamese script)
ᬪᬚᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
ভজতি (Bengali script)
𑰥𑰕𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀪𑀚𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ဘဇတိ (Burmese script)
ભજતિ (Gujarati script)
ਭਜਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌭𑌜𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦨꦗꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂦𑂔𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಭಜತಿ (Kannada script)
ភជតិ (Khmer script)
ຠຊຕິ (Lao script)
ഭജതി (Malayalam script)
ᢨᠠᡯᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘥𑘕𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠪᠾᠠᠽᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧅𑦵𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐨𑐖𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଭଜତି (Odia script)
ꢩꢙꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆨𑆘𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖥𑖕𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
භජති (Sinhalese script)
𑩳𑩣𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚡𑚑𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
ப⁴ஜதி (Tamil script)
భజతి (Telugu script)
ภชติ (Thai script)
བྷ་ཛ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒦𑒖𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨡𑨥𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰáȷ́ati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰáǰati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂g-e-ti, from *bʰeh₂g- (“to divide, distribute, allot”).^[1] Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬲𐬀𐬝 (bažat̰, 3sg. inj.), Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐎪𐎶 (bājim).^[2]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐ́.d͡ʑɐ.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱɐ.d͡ʑɐ.t̪i/

Verb

भज॑ति • (bhájati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root भज्)^[3]

Conjugation

Present: भज॑ति (bhájati), भज॑ते (bhájate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	भज॑ति bhájati	भज॑तः bhájataḥ	भज॑न्ति bhájanti	भज॑ते bhájate	भजे॑ते bhájete	भज॑न्ते bhájante
Second	भज॑सि bhájasi	भज॑थः bhájathaḥ	भज॑थ bhájatha	भज॑से bhájase	भजे॑थे bhájethe	भज॑ध्वे bhájadhve
First	भजा॑मि bhájāmi	भजा॑वः bhájāvaḥ	भजा॑मः / भजा॑मसि¹ bhájāmaḥ / bhájāmasi¹	भजे॑ bháje	भजा॑वहे bhájāvahe	भजा॑महे bhájāmahe
Imperative
Third	भज॑तु bhájatu	भज॑ताम् bhájatām	भज॑न्तु bhájantu	भज॑ताम् bhájatām	भजे॑ताम् bhájetām	भज॑न्ताम् bhájantām
Second	भज॑ bhája	भज॑तम् bhájatam	भज॑त bhájata	भज॑स्व bhájasva	भजे॑थाम् bhájethām	भज॑ध्वम् bhájadhvam
First	भजा॑नि bhájāni	भजा॑व bhájāva	भजा॑म bhájāma	भजै॑ bhájai	भजा॑वहै bhájāvahai	भजा॑महै bhájāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	भजे॑त् bhájet	भजे॑ताम् bhájetām	भजे॑युः bhájeyuḥ	भजे॑त bhájeta	भजे॑याताम् bhájeyātām	भजे॑रन् bhájeran
Second	भजेः॑ bhájeḥ	भजे॑तम् bhájetam	भजे॑त bhájeta	भजे॑थाः bhájethāḥ	भजे॑याथाम् bhájeyāthām	भजे॑ध्वम् bhájedhvam
First	भजे॑यम् bhájeyam	भजे॑व bhájeva	भजे॑म bhájema	भजे॑य bhájeya	भजे॑वहि bhájevahi	भजे॑महि bhájemahi
Subjunctive
Third	भजा॑त् / भजा॑ति bhájāt / bhájāti	भजा॑तः bhájātaḥ	भजा॑न् bhájān	भजा॑ते / भजा॑तै bhájāte / bhájātai	भजै॑ते bhájaite	भज॑न्त / भजा॑न्तै bhájanta / bhájāntai
Second	भजाः॑ / भजा॑सि bhájāḥ / bhájāsi	भजा॑थः bhájāthaḥ	भजा॑थ bhájātha	भजा॑से / भजा॑सै bhájāse / bhájāsai	भजै॑थे bhájaithe	भजा॑ध्वै bhájādhvai
First	भजा॑नि bhájāni	भजा॑व bhájāva	भजा॑म bhájāma	भजै॑ bhájai	भजा॑वहै bhájāvahai	भजा॑महै bhájāmahai
Participles
	भज॑त् bhájat			भज॑मान bhájamāna
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic

Imperfect: अभ॑जत् (ábhajat), अभ॑जत (ábhajata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अभ॑जत् ábhajat	अभ॑जताम् ábhajatām	अभ॑जन् ábhajan	अभ॑जत ábhajata	अभ॑जेताम् ábhajetām	अभ॑जन्त ábhajanta
Second	अभ॑जः ábhajaḥ	अभ॑जतम् ábhajatam	अभ॑जत ábhajata	अभ॑जथाः ábhajathāḥ	अभ॑जेथाम् ábhajethām	अभ॑जध्वम् ábhajadhvam
First	अभ॑जम् ábhajam	अभ॑जाव ábhajāva	अभ॑जाम ábhajāma	अभ॑जे ábhaje	अभ॑जावहि ábhajāvahi	अभ॑जामहि ábhajāmahi

Descendants

Dardic:
- Kashmiri: بَزُن (bazun)
Pali: bhajati, bhājati
Prakrit: 𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀇 (bhajjaï), 𑀪𑀬𑀇 (bhayaï)
- Southern:
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Dhivehi: ބަހަނީ (bahanī)
    - Sinhalese: බෙදනවා (bedanawā)
  - Maharastri Prakrit:
    - Marathi: भाणे (bhāṇe)

References

^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*bʰag-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 65
^ Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*baǰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1
^ Monier Williams (1899), “भजति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 743.

Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “भजति”, 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
Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, 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
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bhajati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 532

[1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*bʰag-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 65

[2] Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*baǰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1

[3] Monier Williams (1899), “भजति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 743.

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