भजन
See also: भाजन
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit भजन (bhajana).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /bʱə.d͡ʒən/, [bʱɐ.d͡ʒɐ̃n]
Noun
भजन • (bhajan) m
- (religion, chiefly Hinduism) devotional song, hymn, bhajan
- servitude, devotion
- (colloquial) ardent support, fanhood
- वह रोज़ शाहरुख़ खान का भजन करता है।
- vah roz śāhrux khān kā bhajan kartā hai.
- He literally worships Shah Rukh Khan every day.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | भजन bhajan |
भजन bhajan |
| oblique | भजन bhajan |
भजनों bhajanõ |
| vocative | भजन bhajan |
भजनो bhajano |
Derived terms
- भजन करना (bhajan karnā)
Descendants
- → English: bhajan
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भजन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit भजन (bhajana).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʱə.d͡ʑən/
Noun
भजन • (bhajan) n
- (Hinduism) bhajan
- (by extension) devotional song
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ভজন (Assamese script)
- ᬪᬚᬦ (Balinese script)
- ভজন (Bengali script)
- 𑰥𑰕𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀪𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ဘဇန (Burmese script)
- ભજન (Gujarati script)
- ਭਜਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌭𑌜𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦨꦗꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂦𑂔𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಭಜನ (Kannada script)
- ភជន (Khmer script)
- ຠຊນ (Lao script)
- ഭജന (Malayalam script)
- ᢨᠠᡯᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘥𑘕𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠾᠠᠽᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧅𑦵𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐨𑐖𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଭଜନ (Odia script)
- ꢩꢙꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆨𑆘𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖥𑖕𑖡 (Siddham script)
- භජන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩳𑩣𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚡𑚑𑚝 (Takri script)
- ப⁴ஜந (Tamil script)
- భజన (Telugu script)
- ภชน (Thai script)
- བྷ་ཛ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒦𑒖𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨡𑨥𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From भज् (bhaj, “to distribute, divide”, root) + -अन (-ana), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /bʱɐ.d͡ʑɐ.nɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /bʱɐ.d͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐ/
Noun
भजन • (bhajana) stem, n
- the act of sharing, distribution
- possession
- reverence, worship, adoration
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | भजनम् (bhajanam) | भजने (bhajane) | भजनानि (bhajanāni) भजना¹ (bhajanā¹) |
| accusative | भजनम् (bhajanam) | भजने (bhajane) | भजनानि (bhajanāni) भजना¹ (bhajanā¹) |
| instrumental | भजनेन (bhajanena) | भजनाभ्याम् (bhajanābhyām) | भजनैः (bhajanaiḥ) भजनेभिः¹ (bhajanebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | भजनाय (bhajanāya) | भजनाभ्याम् (bhajanābhyām) | भजनेभ्यः (bhajanebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | भजनात् (bhajanāt) | भजनाभ्याम् (bhajanābhyām) | भजनेभ्यः (bhajanebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | भजनस्य (bhajanasya) | भजनयोः (bhajanayoḥ) | भजनानाम् (bhajanānām) |
| locative | भजने (bhajane) | भजनयोः (bhajanayoḥ) | भजनेषु (bhajaneṣu) |
| vocative | भजन (bhajana) | भजने (bhajane) | भजनानि (bhajanāni) भजना¹ (bhajanā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- भजनीय (bhajanīya, “to be loved or revered or waited upon, venerable”)
- भजनवारिक (bhajanavārika, “a particular official in a Buddhist monastery”)
- भाजन (bhājana)
Descendants
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “भजन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 744, column 2.