# मज्जन्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* মজ্জন্ (Assamese script)
* ᬫᬚ᭄ᬚᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
* মজ্জন্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰕𑰿𑰕𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* မဇ္ဇန် (Burmese script)
* મજ્જન્ (Gujarati script)
* ਮਜ੍ਜਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑌜𑍍𑌜𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦗ꧀ꦗꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂔𑂹𑂔𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಮಜ್ಜೝ (Kannada script)
* មជ្ជន៑ (Khmer script)
* ມຊ຺ຊນ຺ (Lao script)
* മജ്ജന് (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᠠᡯᡯᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘕𑘿𑘕𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠠᠽᠽᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑦵𑧠𑦵𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑐖𑑂𑐖𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
* ମଜ୍ଜନ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢪꢙ꣄ꢙꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆘𑇀𑆘𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖕𑖿𑖕𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
* මජ‍්ජන් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩣 𑪙𑩣𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚑𑚶𑚑𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
* மஜ்ஜந் (Tamil script)
* మజ్జౝ (Telugu script)
* มชฺชนฺ (Thai script)
* མ་ཛྫ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒖𑓂𑒖𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨥𑩇𑨥𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mazǰʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European *mosgʰḗn. Compare English marrow, Russian мозг (mozg).
The Central New-Indo-Aryan descendants all have unusual vowels, reflecting *mejja or *mijja (perhaps undergoing usual Middle Indo-Aryan shortening of vowels before geminates). These may reflect a retention of the thorn cluster in the same way Sanskrit मेधा (medhā́, “wisdom”) preserves Proto-Indo-Iranian *mazdʰáH's cluster with compensatory lengthening.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /mɐd.d͡ʑɐ́n/, [mɐd̚.d͡ʑɐ́n]
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈmɐd̪.d͡ʑɐn̪/, [ˈmɐd̪̚.d͡ʑɐn̪]

### Noun

मज्जन् • (majján) stem, m
* marrow (of the bones), pith
    Synonym: हड्डज (haḍḍaja)
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.68.9:बृह॒स्पति॒र् गोव॑पुषो व॒लस्य॒ निर् म॒ज्जानं॒ न पर्व॑णो जभार ॥bṛ́haspátir góvapuṣo valásya nír majjā́naṃ ná párvaṇo jabhāra.As if from a joint, Bṛhaspati took the marrow of Vala as he assumed the shape of a cow.

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Dameli: [script needed] (mānũ)
** Kalasha: [script needed] (muñ), [script needed] (bhrānz)
** Khowar: مژ (muž)
* Pali: miñjā
* Prakrit: 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (majjā), 𑀫𑀺𑀁𑀚𑀸 (miṃjā)
** Central:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (majjā)
**** Hindustani: bhejā ("brain"), mā̃j ("matter, pus")
    Hindi: भेजा, माँज (“matter, pus”)
    Urdu: بھیجَہ (bheja), مَاںج (mā̃j)
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (majjā)
**** Assamese: মজা (moza, “core, inner part”)
**** Bengali: মজ্জা (mojja), মাইজ (maij)
**** Odia: ମଞ୍ଜା (mañjā), ମଞ୍ଜ (mañja, “heartwood”)
** Northwestern:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Takka Apabhramsa:
***** Punjabi: bhejā, mij, mañjā, mijjh, miñjh, bhejjā (“brain, marrow”)
    Gurmukhi script: ਭੇਜਾ, ਮਿਜ, ਮੰਜਾ, ਮਿੱਝ, ਮਿੰਝ, ਭੇੱਜਾ
    Shahmukhi script: بھیجَہ, مِج, مَنجَہ, مِجّھ, مِنجھ, بھیجّھَہ
****** Lahnda: مجھ (mìjh)
******* Saraiki: مِیڄ (mīǰ), مِجّ (mijj)
**** Vracada Apabhramsa:
***** Sindhi: mijā, majalo, maj̄ālo, mij̄a, miña, miñu
    Arabic script: مِجَه, مَجَلو, مَجَالو, مِڄَ, مِڃَ, مِڃُ
    Devanagari script: मिजा, मजलो, मॼालो, मिॼ, मिञ, मिञु
** Southern:
*** Helu Prakrit:
**** Dhivehi: މަދު (madu)
**** Sinhalese: මිදුළු (miduḷu)
** Western:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (majjā)
**** Gujarati: ભેજું (bhejũ, “brain”), મીચ (mīc, “kernel”), મીઁજ (mīm̐j)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “मज्जन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 773/2.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “majján”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press