मञ्जिष्ठा

See also: मञ्जिष्ठ

Sanskrit

Etymology

From मञ्ज् (mañj, “to cleanse or be bright”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐɲ.d͡ʑiʂ.ʈʰɑː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐɲ.d͡ʑiʂ.ʈʰɑː/
Hyphenation: म‧ञ्‧जिष्‧ठा

Noun

मञ्जिष्ठा • (mañjiṣṭhā) stem, f

Indian madder, Rubia manjith (syn. Rubia munjista)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of मञ्जिष्ठा
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मञ्जिष्ठा (mañjiṣṭhā)	मञ्जिष्ठे (mañjiṣṭhe)	मञ्जिष्ठाः (mañjiṣṭhāḥ)
accusative	मञ्जिष्ठाम् (mañjiṣṭhām)	मञ्जिष्ठे (mañjiṣṭhe)	मञ्जिष्ठाः (mañjiṣṭhāḥ)
instrumental	मञ्जिष्ठया (mañjiṣṭhayā) मञ्जिष्ठा¹ (mañjiṣṭhā¹)	मञ्जिष्ठाभ्याम् (mañjiṣṭhābhyām)	मञ्जिष्ठाभिः (mañjiṣṭhābhiḥ)
dative	मञ्जिष्ठायै (mañjiṣṭhāyai)	मञ्जिष्ठाभ्याम् (mañjiṣṭhābhyām)	मञ्जिष्ठाभ्यः (mañjiṣṭhābhyaḥ)
ablative	मञ्जिष्ठायाः (mañjiṣṭhāyāḥ) मञ्जिष्ठायै² (mañjiṣṭhāyai²)	मञ्जिष्ठाभ्याम् (mañjiṣṭhābhyām)	मञ्जिष्ठाभ्यः (mañjiṣṭhābhyaḥ)
genitive	मञ्जिष्ठायाः (mañjiṣṭhāyāḥ) मञ्जिष्ठायै² (mañjiṣṭhāyai²)	मञ्जिष्ठयोः (mañjiṣṭhayoḥ)	मञ्जिष्ठानाम् (mañjiṣṭhānām)
locative	मञ्जिष्ठायाम् (mañjiṣṭhāyām)	मञ्जिष्ठयोः (mañjiṣṭhayoḥ)	मञ्जिष्ठासु (mañjiṣṭhāsu)
vocative	मञ्जिष्ठे (mañjiṣṭhe)	मञ्जिष्ठे (mañjiṣṭhe)	मञ्जिष्ठाः (mañjiṣṭhāḥ)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

Dardic:
- Kashmiri: مَزیٹھ (mazēṭh), مَزیٹھِ (mazēṭhi)
Pali: mañjeṭṭhī
Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸 (maṃjiṭṭhā)
- Central:
  - Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸 (maṃjiṭṭhā)
    - Old Awadhi: मँजीठ (mam̐jīṭha)
  - Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸 (maṃjiṭṭhā)
    - Gujarati: મજીઠ (majīṭh)
    - Hindustani: majīṭh, mañjīṭh
      Hindi: मजीठ, मंजीठ
      
      Urdu: مَجِیٹھ (majīṭh), مَنجِیٹھ (manjīṭh)
      - → Burmese: မဇိဌ် (ma.jiht)
      - → English: munjeet
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Assamese: মজাঠি (mozathi), মেজাঠি (mezathi)
- Northern:
  - Khasa Prakrit:
    - Eastern Pahari:
      - Nepali: मजिठो (majiṭho)
- Northwestern:
  - Paisaci Prakrit:
    - Takka Apabhramsa:
      - Punjabi: majīṭ, majīṭh, mãjīṭ, mãjīṭh
        Gurmukhi script: ਮਜੀਟ, ਮਜੀਠ, ਮਁਜੀਟ, ਮਁਜੀਠ
        
        Shahmukhi script: مَجِیٹ, مَجِیٹھ, مَںجِیٹ, مَںجِیٹھ
    - Vracada Apabhramsa:
      - Sindhi: mañuṭha, maĩṭha
        Arabic script: مَڃُٺَ, مَينٺَ
        
        Devanagari script: मञुठ, मैँठ
        
        Kachchi: મજીઠ (majīṭh)
- Southern:
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Dhivehi: މަދޮށި (madoṣi), މަދެށި (madeṣi)
    - Sinhalese: මදට (madaṭa), මදටි (madaṭi), මදටිය (madaṭiya)
  - Maharastri Prakrit:
    - Konkani: mañjūṭi
      Devanagari script: मंजूटि
      
      Latin script: monjutti
      
      Kannada script: ಮಂಜೂಟಿ
- Western:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸 (maṃjiṭṭhā)
    - Gujarati: મજીઠ (majīṭh), મંજીઠ (mañjīṭh)
- → Dravidian:
  - Malayalam: മഞ്ചട്ടി (mañcaṭṭi)
  - Tamil: மஞ்சிட்டி (mañciṭṭi), மஞ்சட்டி (mañcaṭṭi)
→ Kannada: ಮಂಜಿಷ್ಠ (mañjiṣṭha)
→ Telugu: మంజిష్ఠ (mañjiṣṭha)
→ Tulu: ಮಂಜಿಷ್ಠ (mañjiṣṭha)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “मञ्जिष्ठा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0774.
Rubia manjith at Plants of the World Online
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “manjistha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 556