# भोजन
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भोजन (bhójana).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /bʱoː.d͡ʒən/, [bʱoː.d͡ʒɐ̃n]

### Noun

भोजन • (bhojan) m
* (formal) food
    Synonym: खाना (khānā)

#### Derived terms

* भोजन-शाला (bhojan-śālā)
* भोजन-सूची (bhojan-sūcī)
* भोजनालय (bhojnālay)

### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भोजन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Marathi
### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit भोजन (bhojana), through Old Marathi 𑘥𑘻𑘕𑘡 (bhojana).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʱo.d͡ʑən/

### Noun

भोजन • (bhojan) m (literary, rare)
* food
* meal

#### Synonyms

* जेवण (jevaṇ)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “भोजन”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* bhojana (Latin script)
* 𑀪𑁄𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* ভোজন (Bengali script)
* භොජන (Sinhalese script)
* ဘောဇန or ꧤေႃၹၼ (Burmese script)
* โภชน or โภชะนะ (Thai script)
* ᨽᩮᩣᨩᨶ (Tai Tham script)
* ໂຠຊນ or ໂຠຊະນະ (Lao script)
* ភោជន (Khmer script)
* 𑄞𑄮𑄎𑄚 (Chakma script)

### Noun

भोजन n
* Devanagari script form of bhojana (“meal”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ভোজন (Assamese script)
* ᬪᭀᬚᬦ (Balinese script)
* ভোজন (Bengali script)
* 𑰥𑰺𑰕𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀪𑁄𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* ဘောဇန (Burmese script)
* ભોજન (Gujarati script)
* ਭੋਜਨ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌭𑍋𑌜𑌨 (Grantha script)
* ꦨꦺꦴꦗꦤ (Javanese script)
* 𑂦𑂷𑂔𑂢 (Kaithi script)
* ಭೋಜನ (Kannada script)
* ភោជន (Khmer script)
* ໂຠຊນ (Lao script)
* ഭോജന (Malayalam script)
* ᢨᠣᡯᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘥𑘻𑘕𑘡 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠾᠣᠸᠠᠽᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧅𑧜𑦵𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐨𑑀𑐖𑐣 (Newa script)
* ଭୋଜନ (Odia script)
* ꢩꣂꢙꢥ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆨𑆾𑆘𑆤 (Sharada script)
* 𑖥𑖺𑖕𑖡 (Siddham script)
* භොජන (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩳𑩕𑩣𑩯 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚡𑚴𑚑𑚝 (Takri script)
* பே⁴ாஜந (Tamil script)
* భోజన (Telugu script)
* โภชน (Thai script)
* བྷོ་ཛ་ན (Tibetan script)
* 𑒦𑒼𑒖𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨡𑨆𑨥𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From the root भुज् (bhuj) +‎ -अन (-ana), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to enjoy”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /bʱɐ́w.d͡ʑɐ.nɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /bʱoː.d͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐ/

### Noun

भोजन • (bhójana) stem, n
* the act of enjoying, using
* the act of eating
* a meal, food
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.13.4:प्र॒जाभ्यः॑ पु॒ष्टिं वि॒भज॑न्त आसते र॒यिमि॑व पृ॒ष्ठं प्र॒भव॑न्तमाय॒ते। असि॑न्व॒न्दंष्ट्रैः॑ पि॒तुर॑त्ति॒ भोज॑नं॒ यस्ताकृ॑णोः प्रथ॒मं सास्यु॒क्थ्यः॑॥prajā́bhyaḥ puṣṭíṃ vibhájanta āsate rayímiva pṛṣṭháṃ prabhávantamāyaté. ásinvandáṃṣṭraiḥ pitúratti bhójanaṃ yástā́kṛṇoḥ prathamáṃ sā́syukthyàḥ.Dealing out food unto their people there they sit, like wealth to him who comes, more than the back can bear. Greedily with his teeth he eats the master's food. You (Indra) who did these things first are worthy of our praises.
* anything enjoyed or used, property, possession
* enjoyment, any object of enjoyment or the pleasure caused by it
* the act of giving to eat, feeding
* dressing food, cooking

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### Adjective

भोजन • (bhójana) stem
* feeding, giving to eat (said of Shiva)
* voracious

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

### Proper noun

भोजन • (bhójana) stem, m
* name of a mountain

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* Prakrit: 𑀪𑁄𑀅𑀡 (bhoaṇa)
** → Kannada: ಬೋನ (bōna)
** → Tamil: போனகம் (pōṉakam); போனம் (pōṉam)
** → Telugu: బోనము (bōnamu)
** → Tulu: ಬೋನ (bōna)
* Pali: bhojana
* → Hindi: भोजन (bhojan)
* → Kannada: ಭೋಜನ (bhōjana)
* → Tamil: போசனம் (pōcaṉam), போஜனம் (pōjaṉam)
* → Telugu: భోజనము (bhōjanamu)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “भोजन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 768/1.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 276