भूर्ज

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভূৰ্জ (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬹᬃᬚ (Balinese script)
• ভূর্জ (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰳𑰨𑰿𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀽𑀭𑁆𑀚 (Brahmi script)
• ဘူရ်္ဇ (Burmese script)
• ભૂર્જ (Gujarati script)
• ਭੂਰ੍ਜ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌜 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦹꦂꦗ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂴𑂩𑂹𑂔 (Kaithi script)
• ಭೂರ್ಜ (Kannada script)
• ភូជ៌ (Khmer script)
• ຠູຣ຺ຊ (Lao script)
• ഭൂര്ജ (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᡠᡠᡵᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘴𑘨𑘿𑘕 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠤᠤᠷᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧕𑧈𑧠𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐹𑐬𑑂𑐖 (Newa script)
• ଭୂର୍ଜ (Odia script)
• ꢩꢹꢬ꣄ꢙ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆷𑆫𑇀𑆘 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖳𑖨𑖿𑖕 (Siddham script)
• භූර්‍ජ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩒𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩣 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚱𑚤𑚶𑚑 (Takri script)
• பூ⁴ர்ஜ (Tamil script)
• భూర్జ (Telugu script)
• ภูรฺช (Thai script)
• བྷཱུ་རྫ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒴𑒩𑓂𑒖 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨃𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨥 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰr̥Hȷ́ás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰr̥Hȷ́ás, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós (“birch”). Cognate with Latin fraxinus, Lithuanian beržas, English birch.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱuːɾ.d͡ʑɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱuːɾ.d͡ʑɐ/

Noun

भूर्ज • (bhūrja) stem, m

1. Himalayan birch (Betula utilis)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of भूर्ज

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	भूर्जः (bhūrjaḥ)	भूर्जौ (bhūrjau) भूर्जा¹ (bhūrjā¹)	भूर्जाः (bhūrjāḥ) भूर्जासः¹ (bhūrjāsaḥ¹)
vocative	भूर्ज (bhūrja)	भूर्जौ (bhūrjau) भूर्जा¹ (bhūrjā¹)	भूर्जाः (bhūrjāḥ) भूर्जासः¹ (bhūrjāsaḥ¹)
accusative	भूर्जम् (bhūrjam)	भूर्जौ (bhūrjau) भूर्जा¹ (bhūrjā¹)	भूर्जान् (bhūrjān)
instrumental	भूर्जेन (bhūrjena)	भूर्जाभ्याम् (bhūrjābhyām)	भूर्जैः (bhūrjaiḥ) भूर्जेभिः¹ (bhūrjebhiḥ¹)
dative	भूर्जाय (bhūrjāya)	भूर्जाभ्याम् (bhūrjābhyām)	भूर्जेभ्यः (bhūrjebhyaḥ)
ablative	भूर्जात् (bhūrjāt)	भूर्जाभ्याम् (bhūrjābhyām)	भूर्जेभ्यः (bhūrjebhyaḥ)
genitive	भूर्जस्य (bhūrjasya)	भूर्जयोः (bhūrjayoḥ)	भूर्जानाम् (bhūrjānām)
locative	भूर्जे (bhūrje)	भूर्जयोः (bhūrjayoḥ)	भूर्जेषु (bhūrjeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: bhūja
• Prakrit: 𑀪𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚 (bhujja), 𑀪𑀽𑀚 (bhūja), 𑀪𑀼𑀅 (bhua)
• Kashmiri: بُرزٕ (burzụ)
• Khowar: بوُڑی (buɫí)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “भूर्ज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 764/2.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhūrja”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press