भजन
See also: भाजन
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit भजन (bhajana).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /bʱə.d͡ʒən/, [bʱə.d͡ʒə̃n̪]
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
Declension of भजन (masc cons-stem)
singular | plural | |
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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
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬪᬚᬦ (Balinese script)
- ভজন (Assamese script)
- ভজন (Bengali script)
- 𑰥𑰕𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀪𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌭𑌜𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ભજન (Gujarati script)
- ਭਜਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦨꦗꦤ (Javanese script)
- ភជន (Khmer script)
- ಭಜನ (Kannada script)
- ຠຊນ (Lao script)
- ഭജന (Malayalam script)
- 𑘥𑘕𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠾᠠᠽᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᢨᠠᡯᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- ဘဇန (Burmese script)
- 𑧅𑦵𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐨𑐖𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଭଜନ (Oriya script)
- ꢩꢙꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆨𑆘𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖥𑖕𑖡 (Siddham script)
- භජන (Sinhalese script)
- భజన (Telugu script)
- ภชน (Thai script)
- བྷ་ཛ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒦𑒖𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From भज् (bhaj, “to distribute, divide”, root) + -अन (-ana), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /bʱɐ.d͡ʑɐ.nɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbʱɐ.d͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐ/
Noun
भजन • (bhajana) n
- the act of sharing, distribution
- possession
- reverence, worship, adoration
Declension
Neuter a-stem declension of भजन (bhajana) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | भजनम् bhajanam | भजने bhajane | भजनानि / भजना¹ bhajanāni / bhajanā¹ |
Vocative | भजन bhajana | भजने bhajane | भजनानि / भजना¹ bhajanāni / bhajanā¹ |
Accusative | भजनम् bhajanam | भजने bhajane | भजनानि / भजना¹ bhajanāni / bhajanā¹ |
Instrumental | भजनेन bhajanena | भजनाभ्याम् bhajanābhyām | भजनैः / भजनेभिः¹ bhajanaiḥ / 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 |
Notes |
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Derived terms
- भजनीय (bhajanīya, “to be loved or revered or waited upon, venerable”)
- भजनवारिक (bhajanavārika, “a particular official in a Buddhist monastery”)
Descendants
- → Hindi: भजन (bhajan)
- → English: bhajan
- → Tamil: பஜனை (pajaṉai), பசனை (pacaṉai)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “भजन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 744, column 2.