भञ्ज्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভঞ্জ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬜ᭄ᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ভঞ্জ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰗𑰿𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀜𑁆𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဘဉ္ဇ် (Burmese script)
• ભઞ્જ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਭਞ੍ਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑌞𑍍𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦚ꧀ꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂖𑂹𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಭಞ್ಜ್ (Kannada script)
• ភញ្ជ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຠຎ຺ຊ຺ (Lao script)
• ഭഞ്ജ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᠠᠨᡳᠶᡯ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘗𑘿𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠠᡛᠽ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑦷𑧠𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐘𑑂𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଭଞ୍ଜ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢩꢛ꣄ꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆚𑇀𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖗𑖿𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
• භඤ‍්ජ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩥 𑪙𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚓𑚶𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
• ப⁴ஞ்ஜ் (Tamil script)
• భఞ్జ్ (Telugu script)
• ภญฺชฺ (Thai script)
• བྷ་ཉྫ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒘𑓂𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨓𑩇𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeng-, nasal-infixed form of *bʰeg- (“to break”).

Root

भञ्ज् • (bhañj)

1. to break, shatter, split etc.
2. to break into, make a breach in (a fortress, with accusative)
3. to rout, put to flight, defeat (an army)
4. to dissolve (an assembly)
5. to break up or divide
6. to bend
7. to check, arrest, suspend, frustrate, disappoint

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root भञ्ज्‎ (0 c, 7 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• भनक्ति (bhanákti, Present)
• भङ्क्ष्यति (bhaṅkṣyáti, Future)
• भङ्क्ता (bhaṅktā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अभाङ्क्षीत् (ábhāṅkṣīt, Aorist)
• बभञ्ज (babháñja, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• भज्यते (bhajyáte, Passive)
• अभाजि (ábhāji, Passive Aorist)
• भञ्जयति (bhañjáyati, Causative)
• अबभञ्जत् (ábabhañjat, Causative Aorist)
• बिभाङ्क्षति (bibhāṅkṣati, Desiderative)
• बम्भञ्जीति (bambhañjīti, Intensive)
• बम्भज्यते (bambhajyate, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• भग्न (bhagná, Past Participle)
• भङ्क्त्वा (bhaṅktvā́, Gerund)
• भक्त्वा (bhaktvā́, Gerund)

Derived Nominal Forms

• भङ्क्तृ (bhaṅktṛ)
• भञ्जिन् (bhañjin)
• भञ्जक (bhañjaka)
• भञ्जन (bhañjana)
• भङ्गुर (bhaṅgura)
• भङ्ग्य (bhaṅgya)
• भङ्ग (bhaṅga)

Descendants

• → Punjabi: ਭਾਂਜ (bhāñj)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “भञ्ज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 744.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “भञ्ज्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “bhañj”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “भञ्ज्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press