मञ्जिष्ठ

See also: मञ्जिष्ठा

Sanskrit

Etymology

From मञ्ज् (mañj, “to cleanse or be bright”).

Adjective

मञ्जिष्ठ • (mañjiṣṭha) stem

1. very bright, bright red (as Indian madder)

Descendants

• Pali: mañjeṭṭha, mañjeṭṭhaka
• Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (maṃjiṭṭha)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Hindustani: majīṭā, maĩṭā
        • Hindi: मजीठा, मैँटा
        • Urdu: مَجِیٹَہ (majīṭa), مَیںٹَہ (ma͠iṭa)
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Bihari: मजीठा (majīṭhā), मैँजीठा (maĩṭhā)
  • Northwestern:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Punjabi: mãjīṭhā, majīṭhā, majīṭhuṛ

        Gurmukhi script: ਮਁਜੀਠਾ, ਮਜੀਠਾ, ਮਜੀਠੁਰ

        Shahmukhi script: مَںجِیٹھَہ, مَجِیٹھَہ, مَجِیٹھُڑ

      • Sindhi: māñuṭho

        Arabic script: مَاڃُٺو

        Devanagari script: माञुठो

        • Kachchi: મંઇઠ (mãiṭha)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Sinhalese: මදට (madaṭa)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Old Marathi: माजिठें (mājiṭheṃ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मञ्जिष्ठ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0774.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “manjistha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press