भुज

Declension of भुज (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	भुज bhuj
direct plural	भुज bhuj
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	भुज bhuj	भुज bhuj
oblique सामान्यरूप	भुजा bhujā	भुजां- bhujān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	भुजाला bhujālā	भुजांना bhujānnā
ergative	भुजाने, भुजानं bhujāne, bhujāna	भुजांनी bhujānnī
instrumental	भुजाशी bhujāśī	भुजांशी bhujānśī
locative सप्तमी	भुजात bhujāt	भुजांत bhujāt
vocative संबोधन	भुजा bhujā	भुजांनो bhujānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of भुज (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular^* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	भुजाचा bhujāċā	भुजाचे bhujāċe	भुजाची bhujācī	भुजाच्या bhujācā	भुजाचे, भुजाचं bhujāċe, bhujāċa	भुजाची bhujācī	भुजाच्या bhujācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	भुजांचा bhujānċā	भुजांचे bhujānċe	भुजांची bhujāñcī	भुजांच्या bhujāncā	भुजांचे, भुजांचं bhujānċe, bhujānċa	भुजांची bhujāñcī	भुजांच्या bhujāñcā
^* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Gujarati ભુજ (bhuj).

Proper noun

भुज • (bhuj) m

Bhuj (a city in Gujarat, India)

References

Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “भुज”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “भुज”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

bhuja (Latin script)
𑀪𑀼𑀚 (Brahmi script)
ভুজ (Bengali script)
භුජ (Sinhalese script)
ဘုဇ or ꧤုၹ (Burmese script)
ภุช or ภุชะ (Thai script)
ᨽᩩᨩ (Tai Tham script)
ຠຸຊ or ຠຸຊະ or ພຸຂະ (Lao script)
ភុជ (Khmer script)
𑄞𑄪𑄎 (Chakma script)

Noun

भुज m

Devanagari script form of bhuja (“arm”)

Declension

Declension table of "भुज" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	भुजो (bhujo)	भुजा (bhujā)
Accusative (second)	भुजं (bhujaṃ)	भुजे (bhuje)
Instrumental (third)	भुजेन (bhujena)	भुजेहि (bhujehi) or भुजेभि (bhujebhi)
Dative (fourth)	भुजस्स (bhujassa) or भुजाय (bhujāya) or भुजत्थं (bhujatthaṃ)	भुजानं (bhujānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	भुजस्मा (bhujasmā) or भुजम्हा (bhujamhā) or भुजा (bhujā)	भुजेहि (bhujehi) or भुजेभि (bhujebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	भुजस्स (bhujassa)	भुजानं (bhujānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	भुजस्मिं (bhujasmiṃ) or भुजम्हि (bhujamhi) or भुजे (bhuje)	भुजेसु (bhujesu)
Vocative (calling)	भुज (bhuja)	भुजा (bhujā)

Adjective

भुज

Devanagari script form of bhuja (“bending”)
Devanagari script form of bhuja (“clean”)

Declension

Declension table of "भुज" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	भुजो (bhujo)	भुजा (bhujā)
Accusative (second)	भुजं (bhujaṃ)	भुजे (bhuje)
Instrumental (third)	भुजेन (bhujena)	भुजेहि (bhujehi) or भुजेभि (bhujebhi)
Dative (fourth)	भुजस्स (bhujassa) or भुजाय (bhujāya) or भुजत्थं (bhujatthaṃ)	भुजानं (bhujānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	भुजस्मा (bhujasmā) or भुजम्हा (bhujamhā) or भुजा (bhujā)	भुजेहि (bhujehi) or भुजेभि (bhujebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	भुजस्स (bhujassa)	भुजानं (bhujānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	भुजस्मिं (bhujasmiṃ) or भुजम्हि (bhujamhi) or भुजे (bhuje)	भुजेसु (bhujesu)
Vocative (calling)	भुज (bhuja)	भुजा (bhujā)

Declension table of "भुजा" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	भुजा (bhujā)	भुजायो (bhujāyo) or भुजा (bhujā)
Accusative (second)	भुजं (bhujaṃ)	भुजायो (bhujāyo) or भुजा (bhujā)
Instrumental (third)	भुजाय (bhujāya)	भुजाहि (bhujāhi) or भुजाभि (bhujābhi)
Dative (fourth)	भुजाय (bhujāya)	भुजानं (bhujānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	भुजाय (bhujāya)	भुजाहि (bhujāhi) or भुजाभि (bhujābhi)
Genitive (sixth)	भुजाय (bhujāya)	भुजानं (bhujānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	भुजाय (bhujāya) or भुजायं (bhujāyaṃ)	भुजासु (bhujāsu)
Vocative (calling)	भुजे (bhuje)	भुजायो (bhujāyo) or भुजा (bhujā)

Declension table of "भुज" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	भुजं (bhujaṃ)	भुजानि (bhujāni)
Accusative (second)	भुजं (bhujaṃ)	भुजानि (bhujāni)
Instrumental (third)	भुजेन (bhujena)	भुजेहि (bhujehi) or भुजेभि (bhujebhi)
Dative (fourth)	भुजस्स (bhujassa) or भुजाय (bhujāya) or भुजत्थं (bhujatthaṃ)	भुजानं (bhujānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	भुजस्मा (bhujasmā) or भुजम्हा (bhujamhā) or भुजा (bhujā)	भुजेहि (bhujehi) or भुजेभि (bhujebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	भुजस्स (bhujassa)	भुजानं (bhujānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	भुजस्मिं (bhujasmiṃ) or भुजम्हि (bhujamhi) or भुजे (bhuje)	भुजेसु (bhujesu)
Vocative (calling)	भुज (bhuja)	भुजानि (bhujāni)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ভুজ (Assamese script)
ᬪᬸᬚ (Balinese script)
ভুজ (Bengali script)
𑰥𑰲𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀪𑀼𑀚 (Brahmi script)
ဘုဇ (Burmese script)
ભુજ (Gujarati script)
ਭੁਜ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌭𑍁𑌜 (Grantha script)
ꦨꦸꦗ (Javanese script)
𑂦𑂳𑂔 (Kaithi script)
ಭುಜ (Kannada script)
ភុជ (Khmer script)
ຠຸຊ (Lao script)
ഭുജ (Malayalam script)
ᢨᡠᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘥𑘳𑘕 (Modi script)
ᠪᠾᠤᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧅𑧔𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
𑐨𑐸𑐖 (Newa script)
ଭୁଜ (Odia script)
ꢩꢸꢙ (Saurashtra script)
𑆨𑆶𑆘 (Sharada script)
𑖥𑖲𑖕 (Siddham script)
භුජ (Sinhalese script)
𑩳𑩒𑩣 (Soyombo script)
𑚡𑚰𑚑 (Takri script)
பு⁴ஜ (Tamil script)
భుజ (Telugu script)
ภุช (Thai script)
བྷུ་ཛ (Tibetan script)
𑒦𑒳𑒖 (Tirhuta script)
𑨡𑨃𑨥 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰúȷ́as, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰúǰas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to bend”). Cognate with Old English būgan (whence English bow). The Sanskrit root is भुज् (bhuj).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱú.d͡ʑɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱu.d͡ʑɐ/

Noun

भुज • (bhúja) stem, m

arm
breast
hand
trunk of an elephant
branch, bough
bending, curve, coil (of a serpent)
the side of any geometrical figure
the base of a triangle
the base of a shadow

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of भुज
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	भुजः (bhújaḥ)	भुजौ (bhújau) भुजा¹ (bhújā¹)	भुजाः (bhújāḥ) भुजासः¹ (bhújāsaḥ¹)
accusative	भुजम् (bhújam)	भुजौ (bhújau) भुजा¹ (bhújā¹)	भुजान् (bhújān)
instrumental	भुजेन (bhújena)	भुजाभ्याम् (bhújābhyām)	भुजैः (bhújaiḥ) भुजेभिः¹ (bhújebhiḥ¹)
dative	भुजाय (bhújāya)	भुजाभ्याम् (bhújābhyām)	भुजेभ्यः (bhújebhyaḥ)
ablative	भुजात् (bhújāt)	भुजाभ्याम् (bhújābhyām)	भुजेभ्यः (bhújebhyaḥ)
genitive	भुजस्य (bhújasya)	भुजयोः (bhújayoḥ)	भुजानाम् (bhújānām)
locative	भुजे (bhúje)	भुजयोः (bhújayoḥ)	भुजेषु (bhújeṣu)
vocative	भुज (bhúja)	भुजौ (bhújau) भुजा¹ (bhújā¹)	भुजाः (bhújāḥ) भुजासः¹ (bhújāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic

Descendants

Assamese: ভুজ (bhuz)
Bengali: ভুজ (bhuj)
Hindi: भुजा (bhujā)
Kannada: ಭುಜ (bhuja)
Khowar: بازو
Odia: ଭୁଜ (bhuja)
Old Marathi: 𑘥𑘳𑘕 (bhuja)
- Marathi: भुज (bhuj)
Pali: bhuja
Punjabi: ਭੁਜਾ (bhujā)
Tamil: புஜம் (pujam), புசம் (pucam), புயம் (puyam)
Telugu: భుజము (bhujamu)
Urdu: بازو (bāzo)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “भुज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 759/1.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 504