𑀪𑀁𑀚𑀇

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀪𑀦𑀓𑁆𑀢𑀺 (bhanákti).

Verb

𑀪𑀁𑀚𑀇 (bhaṃjaï) (Devanagari भंजइ, Kannada ಭಂಜಇ) (Ardhamagadhi, Maharastri)

1. to break, get destroyed

Descendants

• Bengali: ভাঁজা (bhãja)
• Gurjar Apabhramsa:
  • Old Gujarati: भांजी (bhāṃjī, “scattered”, conjunctive participle)
    • Gujarati: ભંજવું (bhañjvũ), ભાંજવું (bhā̃jvũ)
• Maithili:

  Devanagari script: भाँजब (bhā̃jab)

  Tirhuta script: 𑒦𑒰𑒿𑒖𑒥 (bhā̃jaba)

• Old Marathi: bhāṃjaṇe

  Devanagari script: भांजणे

  Modi script: 𑘥𑘰𑘽𑘕𑘜𑘹

• Nepali: भाँच्नु (bhā̃cnu)
• Odia: ଭାଞ୍ଜିବା (bhañjiba)
• Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
  • Hindustani: bhāñjnā

    Hindi: भाँजना

    Urdu: بھان٘جْنا

• Vracada Apabhramsa:
  • Sindhi:

    Arabic script: ڀَڃَڻُ

    Devanagari script: भञणु

Further reading

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928), “भंज”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
• Sir George Abraham Grierson (1924) “The Prakrit Dhātv-ādēśas: According to the Western and the Eastern Schools of Prakrit Grammarians.”, in Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal‎^[1], volume VIII, number 2, Calcutta, page 147.
• Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 358.
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 53.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bhaṁjaï”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 532