भुज

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Hindi

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Etymology

Borrowed from Gujarati ભુજ (bhuj).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /bʱʊd͡ʒ/

Proper noun

भुज (bhujm (Urdu spelling بھوج)

  1. Bhuj (a city in Gujarat, India)

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

भुज m

  1. Devanagari script form of bhuja (arm)

Declension

Adjective

भुज

  1. Devanagari script form of bhuja (bending)
  2. Devanagari script form of bhuja (clean)

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰúȷ́as, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰúǰas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (to bend). Cognate with Old English būgan (whence English bow). The Sanskrit root is भुज् (bhuj).

Pronunciation

Noun

भुज (bhúja) stemm

  1. arm
  2. breast
  3. hand
  4. trunk of an elephant
  5. branch, bough
  6. bending, curve, coil (of a serpent)
  7. the side of any geometrical figure
  8. the base of a triangle
  9. the base of a shadow

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of भुज (bhúja)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative भुजः
bhújaḥ
भुजौ / भुजा¹
bhújau / bhújā¹
भुजाः / भुजासः¹
bhújāḥ / bhújāsaḥ¹
Vocative भुज
bhúja
भुजौ / भुजा¹
bhújau / bhújā¹
भुजाः / भुजासः¹
bhújāḥ / bhújāsaḥ¹
Accusative भुजम्
bhújam
भुजौ / भुजा¹
bhújau / bhújā¹
भुजान्
bhújān
Instrumental भुजेन
bhújena
भुजाभ्याम्
bhújābhyām
भुजैः / भुजेभिः¹
bhújaiḥ / bhújebhiḥ¹
Dative भुजाय
bhújāya
भुजाभ्याम्
bhújābhyām
भुजेभ्यः
bhújebhyaḥ
Ablative भुजात्
bhújāt
भुजाभ्याम्
bhújābhyām
भुजेभ्यः
bhújebhyaḥ
Genitive भुजस्य
bhújasya
भुजयोः
bhújayoḥ
भुजानाम्
bhújānām
Locative भुजे
bhúje
भुजयोः
bhújayoḥ
भुजेषु
bhújeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “भुज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 759/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 504