भुज

See also: भुज्, भाजी, भांजी, भोज, भांजा, and भेजा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Gujarati ભુજ (bhuj).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʱʊd͡ʒ/

Proper noun

भुज • (bhuj) m (Urdu spelling بھوج)

1. Bhuj (a city in Gujarat, India)

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• bhuja (Latin script)
• 𑀪𑀼𑀚 (Brahmi script)
• ভুজ (Bengali script)
• භුජ (Sinhalese script)
• ဘုဇ or ꧤုၹ (Burmese script)
• ภุช or ภุชะ (Thai script)
• ᨽᩩᨩ (Tai Tham script)
• ຠຸຊ or ຠຸຊະ or ພຸຂະ (Lao script)
• ភុជ (Khmer script)
• 𑄞𑄪𑄎 (Chakma script)

Noun

भुज m

1. Devanagari script form of bhuja (“arm”)

Declension

Declension table of "भुज" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	भुजो (bhujo)	भुजा (bhujā)
Accusative (second)	भुजं (bhujaṃ)	भुजे (bhuje)
Instrumental (third)	भुजेन (bhujena)	भुजेहि (bhujehi) or भुजेभि (bhujebhi)
Dative (fourth)	भुजस्स (bhujassa) or भुजाय (bhujāya) or भुजत्थं (bhujatthaṃ)	भुजानं (bhujānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	भुजस्मा (bhujasmā) or भुजम्हा (bhujamhā) or भुजा (bhujā)	भुजेहि (bhujehi) or भुजेभि (bhujebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	भुजस्स (bhujassa)	भुजानं (bhujānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	भुजस्मिं (bhujasmiṃ) or भुजम्हि (bhujamhi) or भुजे (bhuje)	भुजेसु (bhujesu)
Vocative (calling)	भुज (bhuja)	भुजा (bhujā)

Adjective

भुज

1. Devanagari script form of bhuja (“bending”)
2. Devanagari script form of bhuja (“clean”)

Declension

Declension table of "भुज" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	भुजो (bhujo)	भुजा (bhujā)
Accusative (second)	भुजं (bhujaṃ)	भुजे (bhuje)
Instrumental (third)	भुजेन (bhujena)	भुजेहि (bhujehi) or भुजेभि (bhujebhi)
Dative (fourth)	भुजस्स (bhujassa) or भुजाय (bhujāya) or भुजत्थं (bhujatthaṃ)	भुजानं (bhujānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	भुजस्मा (bhujasmā) or भुजम्हा (bhujamhā) or भुजा (bhujā)	भुजेहि (bhujehi) or भुजेभि (bhujebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	भुजस्स (bhujassa)	भुजानं (bhujānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	भुजस्मिं (bhujasmiṃ) or भुजम्हि (bhujamhi) or भुजे (bhuje)	भुजेसु (bhujesu)
Vocative (calling)	भुज (bhuja)	भुजा (bhujā)

Declension table of "भुजा" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	भुजा (bhujā)	भुजायो (bhujāyo) or भुजा (bhujā)
Accusative (second)	भुजं (bhujaṃ)	भुजायो (bhujāyo) or भुजा (bhujā)
Instrumental (third)	भुजाय (bhujāya)	भुजाहि (bhujāhi) or भुजाभि (bhujābhi)
Dative (fourth)	भुजाय (bhujāya)	भुजानं (bhujānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	भुजाय (bhujāya)	भुजाहि (bhujāhi) or भुजाभि (bhujābhi)
Genitive (sixth)	भुजाय (bhujāya)	भुजानं (bhujānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	भुजाय (bhujāya) or भुजायं (bhujāyaṃ)	भुजासु (bhujāsu)
Vocative (calling)	भुजे (bhuje)	भुजायो (bhujāyo) or भुजा (bhujā)

Declension table of "भुज" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	भुजं (bhujaṃ)	भुजानि (bhujāni)
Accusative (second)	भुजं (bhujaṃ)	भुजानि (bhujāni)
Instrumental (third)	भुजेन (bhujena)	भुजेहि (bhujehi) or भुजेभि (bhujebhi)
Dative (fourth)	भुजस्स (bhujassa) or भुजाय (bhujāya) or भुजत्थं (bhujatthaṃ)	भुजानं (bhujānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	भुजस्मा (bhujasmā) or भुजम्हा (bhujamhā) or भुजा (bhujā)	भुजेहि (bhujehi) or भुजेभि (bhujebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	भुजस्स (bhujassa)	भुजानं (bhujānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	भुजस्मिं (bhujasmiṃ) or भुजम्हि (bhujamhi) or भुजे (bhuje)	भुजेसु (bhujesu)
Vocative (calling)	भुज (bhuja)	भुजानि (bhujāni)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভুজ (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬸᬚ (Balinese script)
• ভুজ (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰲𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀼𑀚 (Brahmi script)
• ဘုဇ (Burmese script)
• ભુજ (Gujarati script)
• ਭੁਜ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑍁𑌜 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦸꦗ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂳𑂔 (Kaithi script)
• ಭುಜ (Kannada script)
• ភុជ (Khmer script)
• ຠຸຊ (Lao script)
• ഭുജ (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᡠᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘳𑘕 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠤᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧔𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐸𑐖 (Newa script)
• ଭୁଜ (Odia script)
• ꢩꢸꢙ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆶𑆘 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖲𑖕 (Siddham script)
• භුජ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩒𑩣 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚰𑚑 (Takri script)
• பு⁴ஜ (Tamil script)
• భుజ (Telugu script)
• ภุช (Thai script)
• བྷུ་ཛ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒳𑒖 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨃𑨥 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰúȷ́as, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰúǰas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to bend”). Cognate with Old English būgan (whence English bow). The Sanskrit root is भुज् (bhuj).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱú.d͡ʑɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱu.d͡ʑɐ/

Noun

भुज • (bhúja) stem, m

1. arm
2. breast
3. hand
4. trunk of an elephant
5. branch, bough
6. bending, curve, coil (of a serpent)
7. the side of any geometrical figure
8. the base of a triangle
9. the base of a shadow

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of भुज (bhúja)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भुजः bhújaḥ	भुजौ / भुजा¹ bhújau / bhújā¹	भुजाः / भुजासः¹ bhújāḥ / bhújāsaḥ¹
Vocative	भुज bhúja	भुजौ / भुजा¹ bhújau / bhújā¹	भुजाः / भुजासः¹ bhújāḥ / bhújāsaḥ¹
Accusative	भुजम् bhújam	भुजौ / भुजा¹ bhújau / bhújā¹	भुजान् bhújān
Instrumental	भुजेन bhújena	भुजाभ्याम् bhújābhyām	भुजैः / भुजेभिः¹ bhújaiḥ / bhújebhiḥ¹
Dative	भुजाय bhújāya	भुजाभ्याम् bhújābhyām	भुजेभ्यः bhújebhyaḥ
Ablative	भुजात् bhújāt	भुजाभ्याम् bhújābhyām	भुजेभ्यः bhújebhyaḥ
Genitive	भुजस्य bhújasya	भुजयोः bhújayoḥ	भुजानाम् bhújānām
Locative	भुजे bhúje	भुजयोः bhújayoḥ	भुजेषु bhújeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Assamese: ভুজ (bhuz)
• Bengali: ভুজ (bhuj)
• Hindi: भुजा (bhujā)
• Kannada: ಭುಜ (bhuja)
• Khowar: بازو
• Marathi: भुज (bhuj)
• Odia: ଭୁଜ (bhujô)
• Pali: bhuja
• Punjabi: ਭੁਜਾ (bhujā)
• Tamil: புஜம் (pujam), புசம் (pucam), புயம் (puyam)
• Telugu: భుజము (bhujamu)
• Urdu: بازو (bāzo)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “भुज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 759/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 504