भ्रंश

भ्रंश

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ᬪ᭄ᬭᬂᬰ (Balinese script)
• ভ্ৰংশ (Bengali script)
• ভ্রংশ (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰿𑰨𑰽𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑁆𑀭𑀁𑀰 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌭𑍍𑌰𑌂𑌶 (Grantha script)
• ભ્રંશ (Gujarati script)
• ꦨꦿꦁꦯ (Javanese script)
• ಭ್ರಂಶ (Kannada script)
• ဘြံၐ (Burmese script)
• ଭ୍ରଂଶ (Oriya script)
• ꢩ꣄ꢬꢀꢯ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑇀𑆫𑆁𑆯 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖿𑖨𑖽𑖫 (Siddham script)
• భ్రంశ (Telugu script)
• བྷྲཾཤ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑓂𑒩𑓀𑒬 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From the root भ्रंश् (bhraṃś), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenḱ- (“to deviate, corrupt”). Cognate with Old Irish bréc (“lie”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɽɐ̃.ɕɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱɽɐ̃.ɕɐ/

Noun

भ्रंश • (bhraṃśá) m

1. deviation, aberration
2. decay, decline, ruin

   Synonym: क्षय (kṣayá)

3. slip of tongue

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of भ्रंश (bhraṃśá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भ्रंशः bhraṃśáḥ	भ्रंशौ bhraṃśaú	भ्रंशाः / भ्रंशासः¹ bhraṃśā́ḥ / bhraṃśā́saḥ¹
Vocative	भ्रंश bhráṃśa	भ्रंशौ bhráṃśau	भ्रंशाः / भ्रंशासः¹ bhráṃśāḥ / bhráṃśāsaḥ¹
Accusative	भ्रंशम् bhraṃśám	भ्रंशौ bhraṃśaú	भ्रंशान् bhraṃśā́n
Instrumental	भ्रंशेन bhraṃśéna	भ्रंशाभ्याम् bhraṃśā́bhyām	भ्रंशैः / भ्रंशेभिः¹ bhraṃśaíḥ / bhraṃśébhiḥ¹
Dative	भ्रंशाय bhraṃśā́ya	भ्रंशाभ्याम् bhraṃśā́bhyām	भ्रंशेभ्यः bhraṃśébhyaḥ
Ablative	भ्रंशात् bhraṃśā́t	भ्रंशाभ्याम् bhraṃśā́bhyām	भ्रंशेभ्यः bhraṃśébhyaḥ
Genitive	भ्रंशस्य bhraṃśásya	भ्रंशयोः bhraṃśáyoḥ	भ्रंशानाम् bhraṃśā́nām
Locative	भ्रंशे bhraṃśé	भ्रंशयोः bhraṃśáyoḥ	भ्रंशेषु bhraṃśéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• अपभ्रंश (apabhraṃśá, the group of Middle Indo-Aryan dialects that deviated from Sanskrit)

Related terms

• भ्रंशते (bhraṃśate, “deviates, corrodes”)
• भ्रष्ट (bhraṣṭa, “polluted”)