𑀪𑀁𑀚𑀇
Prakrit
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀪𑀦𑀓𑁆𑀢𑀺 (bhanákti).
Verb
𑀪𑀁𑀚𑀇 (bhaṃjaï) (Devanagari भंजइ, Kannada ಭಂಜಇ) (Ardhamagadhi, Maharastri)
- to break, get destroyed
Descendants
- Bengali: ভাঁজা (bhãja)
- Gurjar Apabhramsa:
- Old Gujarati: भांजी (bhāṃjī, “scattered”, conjunctive participle)
- Gujarati: ભંજવું (bhañjvũ), ભાંજવું (bhā̃jvũ)
- Old Gujarati: भांजी (bhāṃjī, “scattered”, conjunctive participle)
- Maithili:
- Devanagari: भाँजब (bhā̃jab)
- Tirhuta: 𑒦𑒰𑒿𑒖𑒥 (bhā̃jaba)
- Old Marathi: bhāṃjaṇe
- Devanagari: भांजणे
- Modi: 𑘥𑘰𑘽𑘕𑘜𑘹
- Nepali: भाँच्नु (bhā̃cnu)
- Oriya: ଭାଞ୍ଜିବା (bhañjiba)
- Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
- Hindustani: bhāñjnā
- Hindi: भाँजना
- Urdu: بھان٘جْنا
- Hindustani: bhāñjnā
- Vracada Apabhramsa:
- Sindhi:
- Arabic: ڀَڃَڻُ
- Devanagari: भञणु
- Sindhi:
Further reading
- Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928), “भंज”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
- Sir George Abraham Grierson (1924), “The Prakrit Dhātv-ādēśas: According to the Western and the Eastern Schools of Prakrit Grammarians.”, in Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, volume VIII, issue 2, Calcutta, page 147.
- Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 358.
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 53.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bhaṁjaï”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 532