मञ्जिष्ठा

From मञ्ज् (mañj, “to cleanse or be bright”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐɲ.d͡ʑiʂ.ʈʰɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐɲˈd͡ʑiʂ.ʈʰɑː/
• Hyphenation: म‧ञ्‧जिष्‧ठा

मञ्जिष्ठा • (mañjiṣṭhā) stem, f

1. Indian madder, Rubia manjith (syn. Rubia munjista)

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: مَزیٹھ (mazēṭh), مَزیٹھِ (mazēṭhi)
• Pali: mañjeṭṭhī
• Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸 (maṃjiṭṭhā)
  • Central:
    • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸 (maṃjiṭṭhā)
      • Old Awadhi: मँजीठ (mam̐jīṭha)
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸 (maṃjiṭṭhā)
      • Gujarati: મજીઠ (majīṭh)
      • Hindustani: majīṭh, mañjīṭh

        Hindi: मजीठ, मंजीठ

        Urdu: مَجِیٹھ (majīṭh), مَنجِیٹھ (manjīṭh)

        • → Burmese: မဇိဌ် (ma.jiht)
        • → English: munjeet
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: মজাঠি (mozathi), মেজাঠি (mezathi)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Eastern Pahari:
        • Nepali: मजिठो (majiṭho)
  • Northwestern:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Punjabi: majīṭ, majīṭh, mãjīṭ, mãjīṭh

          Gurmukhi script: ਮਜੀਟ, ਮਜੀਠ, ਮਁਜੀਟ, ਮਁਜੀਠ

          Shahmukhi script: مَجِیٹ, مَجِیٹھ, مَںجِیٹ, مَںجِیٹھ

      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi: mañuṭha, maĩṭha

          Arabic script: مَڃُٺَ, مَينٺَ

          Devanagari script: मञुठ, मैँठ

          • Kachchi: મજીઠ (majīṭh)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: މަދޮށި (madoṣi), މަދެށި (madeṣi)
      • Sinhalese: මදට (madaṭa), මදටි (madaṭi), මදටිය (madaṭiya)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Konkani: mañjūṭi

        Devanagari script: मंजूटि

        Latin script: monjutti

        Kannada script: ಮಂಜೂಟಿ

  • Western:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸 (maṃjiṭṭhā)
      • Gujarati: મજીઠ (majīṭh), મંજીઠ (mañjīṭh)
  • → Dravidian:
    • Malayalam: മഞ്ചട്ടി (mañcaṭṭi)
    • Tamil: மஞ்சிட்டி (mañciṭṭi), மஞ்சட்டி (mañcaṭṭi)
• → Kannada: ಮಂಜಿಷ್ಠ (mañjiṣṭha)
• → Telugu: మంజిష్ఠ (mañjiṣṭha)
• → Tulu: ಮಂಜಿಷ್ಠ (mañjiṣṭha)

• Monier Williams (1899) “मञ्जिष्ठा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0774.
• Rubia manjith at Plants of the World Online
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “manjistha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 556