भ्रंश
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ভ্ৰংশ (Assamese script)
- ᬪ᭄ᬭᬂᬰ (Balinese script)
- ভ্রংশ (Bengali script)
- 𑰥𑰿𑰨𑰽𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀪𑁆𑀭𑀁𑀰 (Brahmi script)
- ဘြံၐ (Burmese script)
- ભ્રંશ (Gujarati script)
- ਭ੍ਰਂਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌭𑍍𑌰𑌂𑌶 (Grantha script)
- ꦨꦿꦁꦯ (Javanese script)
- 𑂦𑂹𑂩𑂁𑂬 (Kaithi script)
- ಭ್ರಂಶ (Kannada script)
- ភ្រំឝ (Khmer script)
- ຠ຺ຣໍຨ (Lao script)
- ഭ്രംശ (Malayalam script)
- ᢨᢀ᠋ᡵᠠᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘥𑘿𑘨𑘽𑘫 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠾᢀ᠋ᠷᠠᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧅𑧠𑧈𑧞𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐨𑑂𑐬𑑄𑐱 (Newa script)
- ଭ୍ରଂଶ (Odia script)
- ꢩ꣄ꢬꢀꢯ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆨𑇀𑆫𑆁𑆯 (Sharada script)
- 𑖥𑖿𑖨𑖽𑖫 (Siddham script)
- භ්රංශ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩳 𑪙𑩼𑪖𑩿 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚡𑚶𑚤𑚫𑚧 (Takri script)
- ப்⁴ரஂஶ (Tamil script)
- భ్రంశ (Telugu script)
- ภฺรํศ (Thai script)
- བྷྲཾ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒦𑓂𑒩𑓀𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨡𑩇𑨫𑨸𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root भ्रंश् (bhraṃś), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenḱ- (“to deviate, corrupt”). Cognate with Old Irish bréc (“lie”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /bʱɾɐ̃.ɕɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /bʱɾɐ̃.ɕɐ/
Noun
भ्रं॒श • (bhraṃśá) stem, m
- decay, decline, ruin
- Synonym: क्षय (kṣayá)
- disappearance, loss, cessation
- deviation, aberration, abandonment of, deprivation of, straying or deviating from
- (drama) a slip of the tongue (due to excitement)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | भ्रं॒शः (bhraṃśáḥ) | भ्रं॒शौ (bhraṃśáu) भ्रं॒शा¹ (bhraṃśā́¹) |
भ्रं॒शाः (bhraṃśā́ḥ) भ्रं॒शासः॑¹ (bhraṃśā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | भ्रं॒शम् (bhraṃśám) | भ्रं॒शौ (bhraṃśáu) भ्रं॒शा¹ (bhraṃśā́¹) |
भ्रं॒शान् (bhraṃśā́n) |
| instrumental | भ्रं॒शेन॑ (bhraṃśéna) | भ्रं॒शाभ्या॑म् (bhraṃśā́bhyām) | भ्रं॒शैः (bhraṃśáiḥ) भ्रं॒शेभिः॑¹ (bhraṃśébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | भ्रं॒शाय॑ (bhraṃśā́ya) | भ्रं॒शाभ्या॑म् (bhraṃśā́bhyām) | भ्रं॒शेभ्यः॑ (bhraṃśébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | भ्रं॒शात् (bhraṃśā́t) | भ्रं॒शाभ्या॑म् (bhraṃśā́bhyām) | भ्रं॒शेभ्यः॑ (bhraṃśébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | भ्रं॒शस्य॑ (bhraṃśásya) | भ्रं॒शयोः॑ (bhraṃśáyoḥ) | भ्रं॒शाना॑म् (bhraṃśā́nām) |
| locative | भ्रं॒शे (bhraṃśé) | भ्रं॒शयोः॑ (bhraṃśáyoḥ) | भ्रं॒शेषु॑ (bhraṃśéṣu) |
| vocative | भ्रंश॑ (bhráṃśa) | भ्रंशौ॑ (bhráṃśau) भ्रंशा॑¹ (bhráṃśā¹) |
भ्रंशाः॑ (bhráṃśāḥ) भ्रंशा॑सः¹ (bhráṃśāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- अपभ्रंश (apabhraṃśá, the group of Middle Indo-Aryan dialects that deviated from Sanskrit)
Related terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “भ्रंश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 769/1.