# भज्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ভজ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬪᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
* ভজ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰥𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀪𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ဘဇ် (Burmese script)
* ભજ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਭਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌭𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦨꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂦𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಭಜ್ (Kannada script)
* ភជ៑ (Khmer script)
* ຠຊ຺ (Lao script)
* ഭജ് (Malayalam script)
* ᢨᠠᡯ (Manchu script)
* 𑘥𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠾᠠᠽ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧅𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐨𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଭଜ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢩꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆨𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖥𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
* භජ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩳𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚡𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
* ப⁴ஜ் (Tamil script)
* భజ్ (Telugu script)
* ภชฺ (Thai script)
* བྷ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒦𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨡𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰag-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to divide, distribute, allot”). See also भजति (bhájati) and भग (bhága).

### Pronunciation

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

### Root

भज् • (bhaj)
* to divide, distribute, allot, apportion, share
* to grant, bestow, furnish, supply
* (middle voice) to partake of, enjoy, possess

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

* भजति (bhájati, Present)
* भक्ष्यति (bhakṣyáti, Future)
* भजिष्यति (bhajiṣyáti, Future)
* भक्ता (bhaktā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अभाक्षीत् (ábhākṣīt, Aorist)
* भक्षीष्ट (bhakṣīṣṭá, Benedictive)
* बभाज (babhā́ja, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* भज्यते (bhajyáte, Passive)
* भाजयति (bhājáyati, Causative)
* अबीभक् (ábībhak, Causative Aorist)
* अबभाजत् (ábabhājat, Causative Aorist)
* भाज्यते (bhājyáte, Passive of Causative)
* बिभक्षति (bibhakṣati, Desiderative)
* बाभज्यते (bābhajyate, Intensive)
* बाभक्ति (bābhakti, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* भक्त (bhaktá, Past Participle)
* भक्तुम् (bhaktum, Infinitive)
* भजितुम् (bhajitum, Infinitive)
* भाजम् (bhā́jam, Infinitive)
* भक्त्वा (bhaktvā́, Gerund)
* भक्त्वाय (bhaktvā́ya, Gerund)
* भज्य (bhajya, Gerund)
* भजनीय (bhajanīya, Gerundive)
* भजितव्य (bhajitavya, Gerundive)
* भक्तव्य (bhaktavya, Gerundive)
* भजेन्य (bhajenya, Gerundive)
* भज्य (bhajya, Gerundive)
* भाज्य (bhājya, Gerundive)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* भक्ति (bhaktí)
* भक्तृ (bhaktṛ)
* भग (bhága)
* भाग्य (bhāgya)
* भजन (bhajana)
* भजिन् (bhajin)
* भाग (bhāgá)
* भागिन् (bhāgín)
* भागीयस् (bhāgīyas)
* भाज् (bhāj)
* भाजक (bhājaka)
* भाजन (bhā́jana)
* भाजयु (bhājayú)
* भाजिन् (bhājin)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* अनुभज् (anubhaj)
* अपभज् (apabhaj)
* आभज् (ābhaj)
* निर्भज् (nirbhaj)
* प्रतिभज् (pratibhaj)
* प्रभज् (prabhaj)
* विभज् (vibhaj)
* सम्भज् (sambhaj)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “भज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 743, column 1.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 108
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “भज्”, 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
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “bhaj”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 241-242
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “107”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 107
* 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 273