भुज्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• भोज् (bhoj)

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱud͡ʑ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /bʱud͡ʑ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to bend, curve”). Cognate with German biegen (“to bend, turn”).

Root

भुज् • (√bhuj)

1. to bend, curve, cl.6 P. (Dhātup. xxviii, 124) भुजति (bhujati) (pf. बुभोज (bubhoja) aor. अभौक्षीत् (abhaukṣīt) fut. भोक्ष्यति (bhokṣyati) and °क्ता Gr.; really only pr. stem aor. -अबुभोजीस् (-abubhojīs) and ind.p. -भुज्य (-bhujya) after निर् (nir) and परि (pari); compare also भुजम् (bhujam) in भुजं-ग (bhujaṃ-ga) and भुजंगम (bhujaṃgama))
2. (?) to sweep (compare 1. भुजि (bhuji)) RV. : (passive भुज्यते (bhujyate), to be bent down or disheartened Hit. iv, 28. ).

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to enjoy, consume”). Cognate with Latin fungor, whence English function and fungible.

Root

भुज् • (√bhuj)

1. to enjoy, consume, eat
2. to utilize, use
3. to experience, pass through

Derived terms

Noun

भुज् • (bhúj) stem, f

1. enjoyment, profit, advantage, possession or use of

Declension

Noun

भुज् • (bhúj) stem, m

1. an enjoyer, eater (said of Agni)
2. enjoying the reward of, suffering for
3. passing, through, fulfilling

Declension

Adjective

भुज् • (bhuj) stem

1. (at the end of compounds) enjoying (also carnally), eating, consuming, partaking of, possessing, ruling

Declension

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “भुज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 759/1-3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 265; 274-6