विभाजन

See also: विभजन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विभाजन (vibhājana). By surface analysis, वि- (vi-) +‎ भाजन (bhājan).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪ.bʱɑː.d͡ʒən/, [ʋɪ.bʱäː.d͡ʒɐ̃n]

Noun

विभाजन • (vibhājan) m (Urdu spelling وبھاجن)

1. division, partition

   Synonyms: बँटवारा (bãṭvārā), बँटाई (bãṭāī), तक़सीम (taqsīm)

2. distribution, allotment
3. (mathematics) division

   Synonym: भाग (bhāg)

Declension

Declension of विभाजन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	विभाजन vibhājan	विभाजन vibhājan
oblique	विभाजन vibhājan	विभाजनों vibhājanõ
vocative	विभाजन vibhājan	विभाजनो vibhājano

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “विभाजन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “विभाजन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱিভাজন (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬶᬪᬵᬚᬦ (Balinese script)
• বিভাজন (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰰𑰥𑰯𑰕𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀪𑀸𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ဝိဘာဇန (Burmese script)
• વિભાજન (Gujarati script)
• ਵਿਭਾਜਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌿𑌭𑌾𑌜𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦶꦨꦴꦗꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂱𑂦𑂰𑂔𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ವಿಭಾಜನ (Kannada script)
• វិភាជន (Khmer script)
• ວິຠາຊນ (Lao script)
• വിഭാജന (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᢨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡯᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘱𑘥𑘰𑘕𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᠪᠾᠠᢗᠽᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧒𑧅𑧑𑦵𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐶𑐨𑐵𑐖𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଵିଭାଜନ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢶꢩꢵꢙꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆴𑆨𑆳𑆘𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖰𑖥𑖯𑖕𑖡 (Siddham script)
• විභාජන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑩳𑩛𑩣𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚮𑚡𑚭𑚑𑚝 (Takri script)
• விப⁴ாஜந (Tamil script)
• విభాజన (Telugu script)
• วิภาชน (Thai script)
• ཝི་བྷཱ་ཛ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒱𑒦𑒰𑒖𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨡𑨊𑨥𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From वि- (vi-) +‎ भज् (bhaj, root) +‎ -अन (-ana), in which the longer ā is due to विभाजयति (vibhājayati, “causes to share, divide”). Compare विभजन (vibhajana).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋi.bʱɑː.d͡ʑɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋiˈbʱɑː.d͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

विभाजन • (vibhājana) stem, n

1. (arithmetic) division, distribution
2. the act of causing to share or distribute, participation

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of विभाजन (vibhājana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	विभाजनम् vibhājanam	विभाजने vibhājane	विभाजनानि / विभाजना¹ vibhājanāni / vibhājanā¹
Vocative	विभाजन vibhājana	विभाजने vibhājane	विभाजनानि / विभाजना¹ vibhājanāni / vibhājanā¹
Accusative	विभाजनम् vibhājanam	विभाजने vibhājane	विभाजनानि / विभाजना¹ vibhājanāni / vibhājanā¹
Instrumental	विभाजनेन vibhājanena	विभाजनाभ्याम् vibhājanābhyām	विभाजनैः / विभाजनेभिः¹ vibhājanaiḥ / vibhājanebhiḥ¹
Dative	विभाजनाय vibhājanāya	विभाजनाभ्याम् vibhājanābhyām	विभाजनेभ्यः vibhājanebhyaḥ
Ablative	विभाजनात् vibhājanāt	विभाजनाभ्याम् vibhājanābhyām	विभाजनेभ्यः vibhājanebhyaḥ
Genitive	विभाजनस्य vibhājanasya	विभाजनयोः vibhājanayoḥ	विभाजनानाम् vibhājanānām
Locative	विभाजने vibhājane	विभाजनयोः vibhājanayoḥ	विभाजनेषु vibhājaneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “विभाजन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 977, column 3.