भंग

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भङ्ग (bhaṅgá). Doublet of भाँग (bhāṅg).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʱəŋɡ/, [bʱɐ̃ŋɡ]

भंग • (bhaṅg) (indeclinable)

1. broken, partitioned
2. interrupted
3. breached
4. damaged
5. defeated
6. bent, curved

भंग • (bhaṅg) m

1. breaking, splitting
2. partition
3. damage, destruction
4. defeat
5. disappointment, dejection
6. interruption (of a flow, current)
7. infringement, breach
8. adjournment (of a parliament)
9. dispersing (a crowd)
10. bend, curve
11. stick used to rub down hemp leaves in preparing bhang
12. synonym of भाँग (bhāṅg, “bhang”)

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “भंग”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भंग”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “भंग”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘥𑘽𑘐 (bhaṃga, “defeat, broken”), from Sanskrit भङ्ग (bhaṅga). Doublet of भांग (bhāṅga).

• IPA^(key): /bʱəŋ.ɡə/

भंग • (bhaṅga) (indeclinable)

1. broken, fractured, partitioned

भंग • (bhaṅga) m

1. an act of breaking, splitting
2. interruption (of a flow, current)
3. infringement, breach
4. adjournment (of a parliament)
5. Cannabis sativa, hemp

   Synonym: भांग (bhāṅga)

6. (dated) defeat

   Synonyms: पराभव (parābhav), पराजय (parājay)

• -भंग (-bhaṅga, “suffix for broken”)

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “भंग”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “भंग”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “भंग”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan