bujjhati

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀩𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• बुज्झति (Devanagari script)
• বুজ্ঝতি (Bengali script)
• බුජ‍්ඣති (Sinhalese script)
• ဗုဇ္ဈတိ or ဗုဇ္ၛတိ or ၿုၹ္ꧢတိ or ၿုၹ်ꧢတိ (Burmese script)
• พุชฺฌติ or พุชฌะติ (Thai script)
• ᨻᩩᨩ᩠ᨫᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ພຸຊ຺ຌຕິ or ພຸຊຌະຕິ (Lao script)
• ពុជ្ឈតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄝𑄪𑄎𑄴𑄏𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit बुध्यते (budhyate), from the root बुध् (budh) from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ-. Cognate with Russian буди́ть (budítʹ, “to awaken”), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (anabiudan), English bid, German bieten (“to bid, to offer”).

Verb

bujjhati (root budh, third conjugation)

1. to awaken
2. to be awake
3. to know
4. to understand
   • c. 50 BCE, AN IV. I:

     anubuddhā ime dhammā Gotamena

     understood are these things by Gotama

Conjugation

Conjugation of "bujjhati"

	Active		Middle
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Present
1st	bujjhāmi	bujjhāma	bujjhe	bujjhāmhe
2nd	bujjhasi	bujjhatha	bujjhase	bujjhavhe
3rd	bujjhati	bujjhanti	bujjhate	bujjhante or bujjhare
Imperative
1st	bujjhāmi	bujjhāma	bujjhe	bujjhāmase
2nd	bujjha or bujjhāhi	bujjhatha	bujjhassu	bujjhavho
3rd	bujjhatu	bujjhantu	bujjhataṃ	bujjhantaṃ
Optative
1st	bujjheyyāmi or bujjheyyaṃ or bujjhe	bujjheyyāma
2nd	bujjheyyāsi or bujjhe	bujjheyyātha
3rd	bujjheyya or bujjhe	bujjheyyuṃ

• Present active participle: bujjhant, which see for forms and usage
• Present middle participle: bujjhamāna, which see for forms and usage
• Past participle: buddha

Derived terms

• anubujjhati
• paṭibujjhati
• bujjhana

Adjective

bujjhati

1. masculine/neuter locative singular of bujjhant, present active participle of the verb above