भाजन

See also: भेजना and भोजन

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भाजन (bhā́jana).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʱɑː.d͡ʒən/, [bʱäː.d͡ʒɐ̃n]

Noun

भाजन • (bhājan) m (Urdu spelling بَھاجَن) (rare, formal)

1. (mathematics) division

   Synonym: तक़सीम (taqsīm)

2. vessel, dish

   Synonyms: बर्तन (bartan), पात्र (pātra)

3. a worthy recipient

Declension

Declension of भाजन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	भाजन bhājan	भाजन bhājan
oblique	भाजन bhājan	भाजनों bhājanõ
vocative	भाजन bhājan	भाजनो bhājano

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भाजन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “भाजन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভাজন (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬵᬚᬦ (Balinese script)
• ভাজন (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰯𑰕𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀸𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ဘာဇန (Burmese script)
• ભાજન (Gujarati script)
• ਭਾਜਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑌾𑌜𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦴꦗꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂰𑂔𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಭಾಜನ (Kannada script)
• ភាជន (Khmer script)
• ຠາຊນ (Lao script)
• ഭാജന (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡯᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘰𑘕𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠠᢗᠽᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧑𑦵𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐵𑐖𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଭାଜନ (Odia script)
• ꢩꢵꢙꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆳𑆘𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖯𑖕𑖡 (Siddham script)
• භාජන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩛𑩣𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚭𑚑𑚝 (Takri script)
• ப⁴ாஜந (Tamil script)
• భాజన (Telugu script)
• ภาชน (Thai script)
• བྷཱ་ཛ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒰𑒖𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨊𑨥𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of भजन (bhajana).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɑ́ː.d͡ʑɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱɑː.d͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

भाजन • (bhā́jana) stem, n

1. (arithmetic) dividing, sharing
2. "partaker of", a recipient, receptacle
3. a vessel, pot, plate, cup
4. a place or person in which anything is collected or in whom any quality is conspicuous, any fit object or clever or deserving person

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of भाजन

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	भाजनम् (bhā́janam)	भाजने (bhā́jane)	भाजनानि (bhā́janāni) भाजना¹ (bhā́janā¹)
vocative	भाजन (bhā́jana)	भाजने (bhā́jane)	भाजनानि (bhā́janāni) भाजना¹ (bhā́janā¹)
accusative	भाजनम् (bhā́janam)	भाजने (bhā́jane)	भाजनानि (bhā́janāni) भाजना¹ (bhā́janā¹)
instrumental	भाजनेन (bhā́janena)	भाजनाभ्याम् (bhā́janābhyām)	भाजनैः (bhā́janaiḥ) भाजनेभिः¹ (bhā́janebhiḥ¹)
dative	भाजनाय (bhā́janāya)	भाजनाभ्याम् (bhā́janābhyām)	भाजनेभ्यः (bhā́janebhyaḥ)
ablative	भाजनात् (bhā́janāt)	भाजनाभ्याम् (bhā́janābhyām)	भाजनेभ्यः (bhā́janebhyaḥ)
genitive	भाजनस्य (bhā́janasya)	भाजनयोः (bhā́janayoḥ)	भाजनानाम् (bhā́janānām)
locative	भाजने (bhā́jane)	भाजनयोः (bhā́janayoḥ)	भाजनेषु (bhā́janeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: bhājana
• Lao: ພາຊະນະ (phā sa na), ພາດຊະນະ (phāt sa na)
• Thai: ภาชนะ (paa-chá-ná)
• → Hindustani: (learned)

  Hindi: भाजन (bhājan)

  Urdu: بَھاجَن (bhājan)

• → Tocharian B: bhājaṃ (learned)
• → Tocharian B: kuntipaśaṃ (learned) (compound)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “भाजन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 752.

Further reading

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “bhājana”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.