भञ्ज्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ᬪᬜ᭄ᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
ভঞ্জ্ (Assamese script)
ভঞ্জ্ (Bengali script)
𑰥𑰗𑰿𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀪𑀜𑁆𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
𑌭𑌞𑍍𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
ભઞ્જ્ (Gujarati script)
ਭਞੑਜੑ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦨꦚ꧀ꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
ភញ្ជ៑ (Khmer script)
ಭಞ್ಜ್ (Kannada script)
ຠຎ຺ຊ຺ (Lao script)
ഭഞ്ജ് (Malayalam script)
𑘥𑘗𑘿𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠪᠾᠠᡛᠽ (Mongolian script)
ᢨᠠᠨᡳᠶᡯ (Manchu script)
ဘဉ္ဇ် (Burmese script)
𑧅𑦷𑧠𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐨𑐘𑑂𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
ଭଞ୍ଜ୍ (Oriya script)
ꢩꢛ꣄ꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆨𑆚𑇀𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖥𑖗𑖿𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
භඤ්ජ් (Sinhalese script)
భఞ్జ్ (Telugu script)
ภญฺชฺ (Thai script)
བྷ་ཉྫ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒦𑒘𑓂𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeng-, nasal-infixed form of *bʰeg- (“to break”).

Root

भञ्ज् • (bhañj)

to break, shatter, split etc.
to break into, make a breach in (a fortress, with accusative)
to rout, put to flight, defeat (an army)
to dissolve (an assembly)
to break up or divide
to bend
to check, arrest, suspend, frustrate, disappoint

Derived terms

भनक्ति (bhanakti)
भग्न (bhagna)
भङ्क्तृ (bhaṅktṛ)
भञ्जिन् (bhañjin)
भञ्जक (bhañjaka)
भञ्जन (bhañjana)
भङ्गुर (bhaṅgura)
भङ्ग्य (bhaṅgya)
भङ्ग (bhaṅga)

Further reading

Monier Williams (1899), “भञ्ज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 744.
Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “भञ्ज्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2023), “bhañj”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “भञ्ज्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press

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