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): /ˈbʱɐ.d͡ʑɐ.t̪i/

Verb

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

Conjugation

Present: भजति (bhájati), भजते (bhájate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	भजति bhájati	भजतः bhájataḥ	भजन्ति bhájanti	भजते bhájate	भजेते bhájete	भजन्ते bhájante
Second	भजसि bhájasi	भजथः bhájathaḥ	भजथ bhájatha	भजसे bhájase	भजेथे bhájethe	भजध्वे bhájadhve
First	भजामि bhájāmi	भजावः bhájāvaḥ	भजामः / भजामसि¹ bhájāmaḥ / bhájāmasi¹	भजे bháje	भजावहे bhájāvahe	भजामहे bhájāmahe
Imperative
Third	भजतु bhájatu	भजताम् bhájatām	भजन्तु bhájantu	भजताम् bhájatām	भजेताम् bhájetām	भजन्ताम् bhájantām
Second	भज bhája	भजतम् bhájatam	भजत bhájata	भजस्व bhájasva	भजेथाम् bhájethām	भजध्वम् bhájadhvam
First	भजानि bhájāni	भजाव bhájāva	भजाम bhájāma	भजै bhájai	भजावहै bhájāvahai	भजामहै bhájāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	भजेत् bhájet	भजेताम् bhájetām	भजेयुः bhájeyuḥ	भजेत bhájeta	भजेयाताम् bhájeyātām	भजेरन् bhájeran
Second	भजेः bhájeḥ	भजेतम् bhájetam	भजेत bhájeta	भजेथाः bhájethāḥ	भजेयाथाम् bhájeyāthām	भजेध्वम् bhájedhvam
First	भजेयम् bhájeyam	भजेव bhájeva	भजेम bhájema	भजेय bhájeya	भजेवहि bhájevahi	भजेमहि bhájemahi
Subjunctive
Third	भजाति / भजात् bhájāti / bhájāt	भजातः bhájātaḥ	भजान् bhájān	भजाते / भजातै bhájāte / bhájātai	भजैते bhájaite	भजन्त / भजान्तै bhájanta / bhájāntai
Second	भजासि / भजाः bhájāsi / bhájāḥ	भजाथः bhájāthaḥ	भजाथ bhájātha	भजासे / भजासै bhájāse / bhájāsai	भजैथे bhájaithe	भजाध्वै bhájādhvai
First	भजानि bhájāni	भजाव bhájāva	भजाम bhájāma	भजै bhájai	भजावहै bhájāvahai	भजामहै bhájāmahai
Participles
	भजत् bhájat			भजमान bhájamāna
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic

Imperfect: अभजत् (ábhajat), अभजत (ábhajata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अभजत् ábhajat	अभजताम् ábhajatām	अभजन् ábhajan	अभजत ábhajata	अभजेताम् ábhajetām	अभजन्त ábhajanta
Second	अभजः ábhajaḥ	अभजतम् ábhajatam	अभजत ábhajata	अभजथाः ábhajathāḥ	अभजेथाम् ábhajethām	अभजध्वम् ábhajadhvam
First	अभजम् ábhajam	अभजाव ábhajāva	अभजाम ábhajāma	अभजे ábhaje	अभजावहि ábhajāvahi	अभजामहि 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) “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
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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