भज्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (to divide, distribute, allot). See also भजति (bhájati) and भग (bhága).

    Pronunciation

    Root

    भज् (bhaj)

    1. to divide, distribute, allot, apportion, share
    2. to grant, bestow, furnish, supply
    3. to partake of, enjoy, possess

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    References

    • Monier Williams (1899) “भज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0743.
    • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 0108
    • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “भज्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 241-242
    • Pokorny, Julius (1959) “107”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 107
    • Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 273