# भ्राज्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ভ্ৰাজ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬪ᭄ᬭᬵᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
* ভ্রাজ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰥𑰿𑰨𑰯𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀪𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ဘြာဇ် (Burmese script)
* ભ્રાજ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਭ੍ਰਾਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌭𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦨꦿꦴꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂦𑂹𑂩𑂰𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಭ್ರಾಜ್ (Kannada script)
* ភ្រាជ៑ (Khmer script)
* ຠ຺ຣາຊ຺ (Lao script)
* ഭ്രാജ് (Malayalam script)
* ᢨᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡯ (Manchu script)
* 𑘥𑘿𑘨𑘰𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠾᠷᠠᢗᠽ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧅𑧠𑧈𑧑𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐨𑑂𑐬𑐵𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଭ୍ରାଜ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢩ꣄ꢬꢵꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆨𑇀𑆫𑆳𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖥𑖿𑖨𑖯𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
* භ්‍රාජ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩳 𑪙𑩼𑩛𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚡𑚶𑚤𑚭𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
* ப்⁴ராஜ் (Tamil script)
* భ్రాజ్ (Telugu script)
* ภฺราชฺ (Thai script)
* བྷྲཱ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒦𑓂𑒩𑒰𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨡𑩇𑨫𑨊𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁ǵ- (“to shine”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬠𐬭𐬁𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (brāza$^i$ti), Persian برازیدن (barâzidan), Lithuanian brėkšti, Proto-Slavic *brězgъ (“dawn”), Albanian bardhë, English bright, Welsh berth.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /bʱɾɑːd͡ʑ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /bʱɾɑːd͡ʑ/

### Root

भ्राज् • (bhrāj)
* to shine, beam, sparkle, glitter

#### Derived terms

* भ्राजते (bhrā́jate, Present)
* भ्राजिष्यते (bhrājiṣyate, Future)
* भ्राजिता (bhrājitā, Periphrastic Future)
* अभ्राट् (ábhrāṭ, Aorist)
* अभ्राजिष्ट (abhrājiṣṭa, Aorist)
* भ्राज्यात् (bhrājyāt, Benedictive)
* बभ्राज (babhrāja, Perfect)
* अभ्राजि (ábhrāji, Passive Aorist)
* भ्राजयति (bhrājayati, Causative)
* अबभ्राजत् (ababhrājat, Causative Aorist)
* अबिभ्रजत् (abibhrajat, Causative Aorist)
* बिभ्राजिषते (bibhrājiṣate, Desiderative)
* बाभ्राज्यते (bābhrājyate, Intensive)
* बाभ्राष्टि (bābhrāṣṭi, Intensive)
* भ्राजितुम् (bhrājitum, Infinitive)
* भ्राज् (bhrā́j)
* भ्राज (bhrājá)
* भ्राजक (bhrājaka)
* भ्राजन (bhrājana)
* भ्राजस् (bhrā́jas)
* भ्राजि (bhrājí)
* भ्राजिन् (bhrājin)
* भ्राजिष्ठ (bhrā́jiṣṭha)
* भ्राजिष्णु (bhrājiṣṇu)
* विभ्राष्टि (víbhrāṣṭi)
* परिभ्राज् (paribhrāj)
* प्रभ्राज् (prabhrāj)
* विभ्राज् (vibhrāj)

#### See also

* भा (bhā)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “भ्राज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 770, column 1.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “भ्राज्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 115
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “भ्राज्”, 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 279-280
* 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 328
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 118-120