मज्जन्
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *maźȷ́ā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mazǰʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *mosgʰos (“marrow”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬔𐬀 (mazga), English marrow, Lithuanian smẽgenys, Old Church Slavonic мозгъ (mozgŭ).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐd.d͡ʑɐ́n̪/, [mɐd̚.d͡ʑɐ́n̪]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmɐd.d͡ʑɐn̪/, [ˈmɐd̚.d͡ʑɐn̪]
Noun
मज्जन् • (majján) m
- marrow of the bones
Declension
| Masculine an-stem declension of मज्जन् (majján) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | मज्जा majjā́ | मज्जानौ / मज्जाना¹ majjā́nau / majjā́nā¹ | मज्जानः majjā́naḥ |
| Vocative | मज्जन् majján | मज्जानौ / मज्जाना¹ májjānau / májjānā¹ | मज्जानः májjānaḥ |
| Accusative | मज्जानम् majjā́nam | मज्जानौ / मज्जाना¹ majjā́nau / majjā́nā¹ | मज्जनः majjánaḥ |
| Instrumental | मज्जना majjánā | मज्जभ्याम् majjábhyām | मज्जभिः majjábhiḥ |
| Dative | मज्जने majjáne | मज्जभ्याम् majjábhyām | मज्जभ्यः majjábhyaḥ |
| Ablative | मज्जनः majjánaḥ | मज्जभ्याम् majjábhyām | मज्जभ्यः majjábhyaḥ |
| Genitive | मज्जनः majjánaḥ | मज्जनोः majjánoḥ | मज्जनाम् majjánām |
| Locative | मज्जनि majjáni | मज्जनोः majjánoḥ | मज्जसु majjásu |
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Descendants
- Pali: miñjā
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (majjā)
- Hindi: भेजा (bhejā, “brain”)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “मज्जन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 773/2.