# भञ्ज्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ভঞ্জ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬪᬜ᭄ᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
* ভঞ্জ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰥𑰗𑰿𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀪𑀜𑁆𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ဘဉ္ဇ် (Burmese script)
* ભઞ્જ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਭਞ੍ਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌭𑌞𑍍𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦨꦚ꧀ꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂦𑂖𑂹𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಭಞ್ಜ್ (Kannada script)
* ភញ្ជ៑ (Khmer script)
* ຠຎ຺ຊ຺ (Lao script)
* ഭഞ്ജ് (Malayalam script)
* ᢨᠠᠨᡳᠶᡯ (Manchu script)
* 𑘥𑘗𑘿𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠾᠠᡛᠽ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧅𑦷𑧠𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐨𑐘𑑂𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଭଞ୍ଜ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢩꢛ꣄ꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆨𑆚𑇀𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖥𑖗𑖿𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
* භඤ‍්ජ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩳𑩥 𑪙𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚡𑚓𑚶𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
* ப⁴ஞ்ஜ் (Tamil script)
* భఞ్జ్ (Telugu script)
* ภญฺชฺ (Thai script)
* བྷ་ཉྫ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒦𑒘𑓂𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨡𑨓𑩇𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeng-, nasal-infixed form of *bʰeg- (“to break”).

### Root

भञ्ज् • (bhañj)
* to break, shatter, split etc.
* to break into, make a breach in (a fortress, with accusative)
* to rout, put to flight, defeat (an army)
* to dissolve (an assembly)
* to break up or divide
* to bend
* to check, arrest, suspend, frustrate, disappoint

#### Derived terms
##### Primary Verbal Forms

* भनक्ति (bhanákti, Present)
* भङ्क्ष्यति (bhaṅkṣyáti, Future)
* भङ्क्ता (bhaṅktā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अभाङ्क्षीत् (ábhāṅkṣīt, Aorist)
* भज्यात् (bhajyā́t, Benedictive)
* बभञ्ज (babháñja, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* भज्यते (bhajyáte, Passive)
* अभाजि (ábhāji, Passive Aorist)
* भञ्जयति (bhañjáyati, Causative)
* अबभञ्जत् (ábabhañjat, Causative Aorist)
* बिभाङ्क्षति (bibhāṅkṣati, Desiderative)
* बम्भञ्जीति (bambhañjīti, Intensive)
* बम्भज्यते (bambhajyate, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* भग्न (bhagná, Past Participle)
* भङ्क्त्वा (bhaṅktvā́, Gerund)
* भक्त्वा (bhaktvā́, Gerund)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* भङ्क्तृ (bhaṅktṛ)
* भञ्जिन् (bhañjin)
* भञ्जक (bhañjaka)
* भञ्जन (bhañjana)
* भङ्गुर (bhaṅgura)
* भङ्ग्य (bhaṅgya)
* भङ्ग (bhaṅga)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* अभिभञ्ज् (abhibhañj)
* अवभञ्ज् (avabhañj)
* निर्भञ्ज् (nirbhañj)
* प्रतिभञ्ज् (pratibhañj)
* प्रभञ्ज् (prabhañj)
* विभञ्ज् (vibhañj)
* सम्भञ्ज् (sambhañj)

#### Descendants

* → Punjabi: ਭਾਂਜ (bhāñj)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “भञ्ज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 744, column 2.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “भञ्ज्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “bhañj”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “भञ्ज्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 242-3
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 66