# भुज्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* भोज् (bhoj)

### Alternative scripts

* ভুজ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬪᬸᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
* ভুজ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰥𑰲𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀪𑀼𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ဘုဇ် (Burmese script)
* ભુજ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਭੁਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌭𑍁𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦨꦸꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂦𑂳𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಭುಜ್ (Kannada script)
* ភុជ៑ (Khmer script)
* ຠຸຊ຺ (Lao script)
* ഭുജ് (Malayalam script)
* ᢨᡠᡯ (Manchu script)
* 𑘥𑘳𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠾᠤᠽ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧅𑧔𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐨𑐸𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଭୁଜ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢩꢸꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆨𑆶𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖥𑖲𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
* භුජ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩳𑩒𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚡𑚰𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
* பு⁴ஜ் (Tamil script)
* భుజ్ (Telugu script)
* ภุชฺ (Thai script)
* བྷུ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒦𑒳𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨡𑨃𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to bend, curve”). Cognate with Ancient Greek φεύγω (pheúgō); Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (biugan), *𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*baugjan); German biogan, biegen (“to bend, turn”); Old English būgan; English bow.

#### Root

भुज् • (bhuj)
* to bend, curve
* to sweep

##### Derived terms

* भुज (bhuja)
* भुजंगम (bhujaṃgama)
* भुजङ्ग (bhujaṅga)
* भुजति (bhujati)
* भुजम् (bhujam)
* भुज्यते (bhujyate)

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to enjoy, consume”). Cognate with Latin fungor, whence English function and fungible.

#### Root

भुज् • (bhuj)
* to enjoy, consume, eat
* to utilize, use
* to experience, pass through

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

* भुनक्ति (bhunákti, Present)
* भुञ्जति (bhuñjati, Present)
* भोक्ष्यति (bhokṣyati, Future)
* भोक्ता (bhoktā, Periphrastic Future)
* अभोक् (ábhok, Aorist)
* अभौक्षीत् (abhaukṣīt, Aorist)
* भुज्यात् (bhujyāt, Benedictive)
* बुभुजे (bubhujé, Perfect)

###### Secondary Forms

* भुज्यते (bhujyate, Passive)
* अभोजि (abhoji, Passive Aorist)
* भोजयति (bhojayati, Causative)
* भुञ्जापयति (bhuñjāpayati, Causative)
* अबूभुजत् (abūbhujat, Causative Aorist)
* बुभुक्षति (bubhukṣati, Desiderative)
* बोभुजीति (bobhujīti, Intensive)
* बोभुज्यते (bobhujyate, Intensive)

###### Non-Finite Forms

* भुक्त (bhukta, Past Participle)
* भोक्तुम् (bhoktum, Infinitive)
* भुजे (bhujé, Infinitive)
* भोजसे (bhójase, Infinitive)
* भुक्त्वा (bhuktvā, Gerund)
* भुङ्क्त्वा (bhuṅktvā, Gerund)
* भोज्य (bhojya, Gerundive)
* भोग्य (bhógya, Gerundive)
* भोक्तव्य (bhoktavya, Gerundive)
* भोजनीय (bhojanīya, Gerundive)
* भोजयितव्य (bhojayitavya, Causative Gerundive)
* बुभुक्षु (bubhukṣu, Desiderative Participle)

###### Derived Nominal Forms

* बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā)
* भुक्ति (bhukti)
* भुज् (bhúj)
* भुजि (bhují)
* भुजिष्य (bhujiṣyà)
* भोक्तृ (bhoktṛ)
* भोग (bhóga)
* भोगिन् (bhogin)
* भोज (bhojá)
* भोजक (bhojaka)
* भोजन (bhójana)
* भोजस् (bhójas)
* भोजयितृ (bhojayitṛ)

###### Prefixed Root Forms

* अनुभुज् (anubhuj)
* अभिभुज् (abhibhuj)
* उपभुज् (upabhuj)
* परिभुज् (paribhuj)
* प्रतिभुज् (pratibhuj)
* प्रभुज् (prabhuj)
* सम्भुज् (sambhuj)

#### Noun

भुज् • (bhúj) stem, f
* enjoyment, profit, advantage, possession or use of

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Noun

भुज् • (bhúj) stem, m
* an enjoyer, eater (said of Agni)
* enjoying the reward of, suffering for
* passing, through, fulfilling

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Adjective

भुज् • (bhuj) stem
* (at the end of a compound) enjoying (also carnally), eating, consuming, partaking of, possessing, ruling

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “भुज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 759/1-3.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 265; 274-6