भाजन

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See also: भेजना and भोजन

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भाजन (bhā́jana).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʱɑː.d͡ʒən/,

Noun

भाजन • (bhājan) m (Urdu spelling بَھاجَن) (rare, formal)

(mathematics) division
Synonym: तक़सीम (taqsīm)
vessel, dish
Synonyms: बर्तन (bartan), पात्र (pātra)
a worthy recipient

Declension

Declension of भाजन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	भाजन bhājan	भाजन bhājan
oblique	भाजन bhājan	भाजनों bhājanõ
vocative	भाजन bhājan	भाजनो bhājano

Further reading

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भाजन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Platts, John T. (1884) “भाजन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ভাজন (Assamese script)
ᬪᬵᬚᬦ (Balinese script)
ভাজন (Bengali script)
𑰥𑰯𑰕𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀪𑀸𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
ဘာဇန (Burmese script)
ભાજન (Gujarati script)
ਭਾਜਨ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌭𑌾𑌜𑌨 (Grantha script)
ꦨꦴꦗꦤ (Javanese script)
𑂦𑂰𑂔𑂢 (Kaithi script)
ಭಾಜನ (Kannada script)
ភាជន (Khmer script)
ຠາຊນ (Lao script)
ഭാജന (Malayalam script)
ᢨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡯᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘥𑘰𑘕𑘡 (Modi script)
ᠪᠾᠠᢗᠽᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧅𑧑𑦵𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
𑐨𑐵𑐖𑐣 (Newa script)
ଭାଜନ (Odia script)
ꢩꢵꢙꢥ (Saurashtra script)
𑆨𑆳𑆘𑆤 (Sharada script)
𑖥𑖯𑖕𑖡 (Siddham script)
භාජන (Sinhalese script)
𑩳𑩛𑩣𑩯 (Soyombo script)
𑚡𑚭𑚑𑚝 (Takri script)
ப⁴ாஜந (Tamil script)
భాజన (Telugu script)
ภาชน (Thai script)
བྷཱ་ཛ་ན (Tibetan script)
𑒦𑒰𑒖𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
𑨡𑨊𑨥𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of भजन (bhajana).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɑ́ː.d͡ʑɐ.nɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱɑː.d͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

भाजन • (bhā́jana) stem, n

(arithmetic) dividing, sharing
"partaker of", a recipient, receptacle
a vessel, pot, plate, cup
a place or person in which anything is collected or in whom any quality is conspicuous, any fit object or clever or deserving person

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of भाजन (bhā́jana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भाजनम् bhā́janam	भाजने bhā́jane	भाजनानि / भाजना¹ bhā́janāni / bhā́janā¹
Vocative	भाजन bhā́jana	भाजने bhā́jane	भाजनानि / भाजना¹ bhā́janāni / bhā́janā¹
Accusative	भाजनम् bhā́janam	भाजने bhā́jane	भाजनानि / भाजना¹ bhā́janāni / bhā́janā¹
Instrumental	भाजनेन bhā́janena	भाजनाभ्याम् bhā́janābhyām	भाजनैः / भाजनेभिः¹ bhā́janaiḥ / bhā́janebhiḥ¹
Dative	भाजनाय bhā́janāya	भाजनाभ्याम् bhā́janābhyām	भाजनेभ्यः bhā́janebhyaḥ
Ablative	भाजनात् bhā́janāt	भाजनाभ्याम् bhā́janābhyām	भाजनेभ्यः bhā́janebhyaḥ
Genitive	भाजनस्य bhā́janasya	भाजनयोः bhā́janayoḥ	भाजनानाम् bhā́janānām
Locative	भाजने bhā́jane	भाजनयोः bhā́janayoḥ	भाजनेषु bhā́janeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Pali: bhājana
Lao: ພາຊະນະ (phā sa na), ພາດຊະນະ (phāt sa na)
Thai: ภาชนะ (paa-chá-ná)
→ Hindustani: (learned)
Hindi: भाजन (bhājan)

Urdu: بَھاجَن (bhājan)
→ Tocharian B: bhājaṃ (learned)
→ Tocharian B: kuntipaśaṃ (learned) (compound)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “भाजन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 752.

Further reading

Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “bhājana”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.

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