𑀪𑀁𑀚𑀇

Prakrit

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰ-né-g-ti
Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰanákti
Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰanákti
Sanskrit भ॒नक्ति॑ (bhanákti)
Sanskrit *भञ्जति (*bhañjati)
Prakrit 𑀪𑀁𑀚𑀇

    Inherited from Sanskrit *भञ्जति (*bhañjati), from भ॒नक्ति॑ (bhanákti), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰanákti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰanákti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰ-né-g-ti (nasal infix present), from *bʰeg-.

    Verb

    𑀪𑀁𑀚𑀇 (bhaṃjaï) (Devanagari भंजइ, Gujarati ભંજઇ, Kannada ಭಂಜಇ) (attested in Ardhamāgadhī, Māhārāṣṭrī)

    1. to break, get destroyed

    Descendants

    • Central Indo-Aryan:
    • Eastern Indo-Aryan:
      • Bengali-Assamese:
        • Bengali: ভাঁজা (bhãja)
      • Bihari:
        • Maithili: भाँजब / 𑒦𑒰𑒿𑒖𑒥 (bhā̃jab)
      • Odia: ଭାଞ୍ଜିବା (bhāñjibā)
    • Northern Indo-Aryan:
    • Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
    • Southern Indo-Aryan:
      • Old Marathi: भांजणे / 𑘥𑘰𑘽𑘕𑘜𑘹 (bhāṃjaṇe)
    • Western Indo-Aryan:
      • Old Gujarati: भांजी (bhāṃjī, “scattered”, conjunctive participle)
        • Gujarati: ભંજવું (bhañjvũ), ભાંજવું (bhā̃jvũ)

    Further reading

    • Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928), “भंज”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 640.
    • Sir George Abraham Grierson (1924), “The Prakrit Dhātv-ādēśas: According to the Western and the Eastern Schools of Prakrit Grammarians.”, in Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal‎[1], volume VIII, number 2, Calcutta, page 147.
    • Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957), Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 358
    • Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 53.
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bhaṁjaï”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 532
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