भज्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    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

    Primary verbal forms
    • भज॑ति (bhájati, present)
    • भ॒क्ष्यति॑ (bhakṣyáti, future)
    • भ॒जि॒ष्यति॑ (bhajiṣyáti, future)
    • भ॒क्ता (bhaktā́, periphrastic future)
    • अभा॑क्षीत् (ábhākṣīt, aorist)
    • भ॒क्षी॒ष्ट (bhakṣīṣṭá, benedictive)
    • ब॒भाज॑ (babhā́ja, perfect)
    Secondary forms
    • भ॒ज्यते॑ (bhajyáte, passive)
    • भा॒जय॑ति (bhājáyati, causative)
    • अबी॑भक् (ábībhak, causative aorist)
    • अब॑भाजत् (ábabhājat, causative aorist)
    • भा॒ज्यते॑ (bhājyáte, passive of causative)
    • बिभक्षति (bibhakṣati, desiderative)
    • बाभज्यते (bābhajyate, intensive)
    • बाभक्ति (bābhakti, intensive)
    Non-finite forms
    • भ॒क्त (bhaktá, past participle)
    • भक्तुम् (bhaktum, infinitive)
    • भजितुम् (bhajitum, infinitive)
    • भाज॑म् (bhā́jam, infinitive)
    • भ॒क्त्वा (bhaktvā́, gerund)
    • भ॒क्त्वाय॑ (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
    Prefixed root forms
    • अनुभज् (anubhaj)
    • अपभज् (apabhaj)
    • आभज् (ābhaj)
    • निर्भज् (nirbhaj)
    • प्रतिभज् (pratibhaj)
    • प्रभज् (prabhaj)
    • विभज् (vibhaj)
    • सम्भज् (sambhaj)
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root भज् (0 c, 20 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root भज् (20 c, 0 e)

    References

    • 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 (2010–2026), “bhaj”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 241-242
    • 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