भाजन
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भाजन (bhā́jana).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /bʱɑː.d͡ʒən/, [bʱäː.d͡ʒɐ̃n]
Noun
भाजन • (bhājan) m (Urdu spelling بَھاجَن) (rare, formal)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | भाजन bhājan |
भाजन bhājan |
| oblique | भाजन bhājan |
भाजनों bhājanõ |
| vocative | भाजन bhājan |
भाजनो bhājano |
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भाजन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “भाजन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ভাজন (Assamese script)
- ᬪᬵᬚᬦ (Balinese script)
- ভাজন (Bengali script)
- 𑰥𑰯𑰕𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀪𑀸𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ဘာဇန (Burmese script)
- ભાજન (Gujarati script)
- ਭਾਜਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌭𑌾𑌜𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦨꦴꦗꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂦𑂰𑂔𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಭಾಜನ (Kannada script)
- ភាជន (Khmer script)
- ຠາຊນ (Lao script)
- ഭാജന (Malayalam script)
- ᢨᠠ᠊ᠠᡯᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘥𑘰𑘕𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠾᠠᢗᠽᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧅𑧑𑦵𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐨𑐵𑐖𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଭାଜନ (Odia script)
- ꢩꢵꢙꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆨𑆳𑆘𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖥𑖯𑖕𑖡 (Siddham script)
- භාජන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩳𑩛𑩣𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚡𑚭𑚑𑚝 (Takri script)
- ப⁴ாஜந (Tamil script)
- భాజన (Telugu script)
- ภาชน (Thai script)
- བྷཱ་ཛ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒦𑒰𑒖𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨡𑨊𑨥𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Vṛddhi derivative of भजन (bhajana).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /bʱɑ́ː.d͡ʑɐ.nɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /bʱɑː.d͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐ/
Noun
भाजन • (bhā́jana) stem, n
- (arithmetic) dividing, sharing
- "partaker of", a recipient, receptacle
- a vessel, pot, plate, cup
- a place or person in which anything is collected or in whom any quality is conspicuous, any fit object or clever or deserving person
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | भाजनम् (bhā́janam) | भाजने (bhā́jane) | भाजनानि (bhā́janāni) भाजना¹ (bhā́janā¹) |
| accusative | भाजनम् (bhā́janam) | भाजने (bhā́jane) | भाजनानि (bhā́janāni) भाजना¹ (bhā́janā¹) |
| instrumental | भाजनेन (bhā́janena) | भाजनाभ्याम् (bhā́janābhyām) | भाजनैः (bhā́janaiḥ) भाजनेभिः¹ (bhā́janebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | भाजनाय (bhā́janāya) | भाजनाभ्याम् (bhā́janābhyām) | भाजनेभ्यः (bhā́janebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | भाजनात् (bhā́janāt) | भाजनाभ्याम् (bhā́janābhyām) | भाजनेभ्यः (bhā́janebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | भाजनस्य (bhā́janasya) | भाजनयोः (bhā́janayoḥ) | भाजनानाम् (bhā́janānām) |
| locative | भाजने (bhā́jane) | भाजनयोः (bhā́janayoḥ) | भाजनेषु (bhā́janeṣu) |
| vocative | भाजन (bhā́jana) | भाजने (bhā́jane) | भाजनानि (bhā́janāni) भाजना¹ (bhā́janā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Pali: bhājana
- Lao: ພາຊະນະ (phā sa na), ພາດຊະນະ (phāt sa na)
- Thai: ภาชนะ (paa-chá-ná)
- → Hindustani: (learned)
- → Tocharian B: bhājaṃ (learned)
- → Tocharian B: kuntipaśaṃ (learned) (compound)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “भाजन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 752.
Further reading
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “bhājana”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.