भ्रंश

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভ্ৰংশ (Assamese script)
• ᬪ᭄ᬭᬂᬰ (Balinese script)
• ভ্রংশ (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰿𑰨𑰽𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑁆𑀭𑀁𑀰 (Brahmi script)
• ဘြံၐ (Burmese script)
• ભ્રંશ (Gujarati script)
• ਭ੍ਰਂਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑍍𑌰𑌂𑌶 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦿꦁꦯ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂹𑂩𑂁𑂬 (Kaithi script)
• ಭ್ರಂಶ (Kannada script)
• ភ្រំឝ (Khmer script)
• ຠ຺ຣໍຨ (Lao script)
• ഭ്രംശ (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᢀ᠋ᡵᠠᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘿𑘨𑘽𑘫 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᢀ᠋ᠷᠠᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧠𑧈𑧞𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑑂𑐬𑑄𑐱 (Newa script)
• ଭ୍ରଂଶ (Odia script)
• ꢩ꣄ꢬꢀꢯ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑇀𑆫𑆁𑆯 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖿𑖨𑖽𑖫 (Siddham script)
• භ්‍රංශ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳 𑪙𑩼𑪖𑩿 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚶𑚤𑚫𑚧 (Takri script)
• ப்⁴ரஂஶ (Tamil script)
• భ్రంశ (Telugu script)
• ภฺรํศ (Thai script)
• བྷྲཾ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑓂𑒩𑓀𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑩇𑨫𑨸𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root भ्रंश् (bhraṃś), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenḱ- (“to deviate, corrupt”). Cognate with Old Irish bréc (“lie”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɾɐ̃.ɕɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱɾɐ̃.ɕɐ/

Noun

भ्रंश • (bhraṃśá) stem, m

1. decay, decline, ruin

   Synonym: क्षय (kṣayá)

2. disappearance, loss, cessation
3. deviation, aberration, abandonment of, deprivation of, straying or deviating from
4. (drama) a slip of the tongue (due to excitement)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of भ्रंश (bhraṃśá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भ्रंशः bhraṃśáḥ	भ्रंशौ / भ्रंशा¹ bhraṃśaú / bhraṃśā́¹	भ्रंशाः / भ्रंशासः¹ bhraṃśā́ḥ / bhraṃśā́saḥ¹
Vocative	भ्रंश bhráṃśa	भ्रंशौ / भ्रंशा¹ bhráṃśau / bhráṃśā¹	भ्रंशाः / भ्रंशासः¹ bhráṃśāḥ / bhráṃśāsaḥ¹
Accusative	भ्रंशम् bhraṃśám	भ्रंशौ / भ्रंशा¹ bhraṃśaú / bhraṃśā́¹	भ्रंशान् bhraṃśā́n
Instrumental	भ्रंशेन bhraṃśéna	भ्रंशाभ्याम् bhraṃśā́bhyām	भ्रंशैः / भ्रंशेभिः¹ bhraṃśaíḥ / bhraṃśébhiḥ¹
Dative	भ्रंशाय bhraṃśā́ya	भ्रंशाभ्याम् bhraṃśā́bhyām	भ्रंशेभ्यः bhraṃśébhyaḥ
Ablative	भ्रंशात् bhraṃśā́t	भ्रंशाभ्याम् bhraṃśā́bhyām	भ्रंशेभ्यः bhraṃśébhyaḥ
Genitive	भ्रंशस्य bhraṃśásya	भ्रंशयोः bhraṃśáyoḥ	भ्रंशानाम् bhraṃśā́nām
Locative	भ्रंशे bhraṃśé	भ्रंशयोः bhraṃśáyoḥ	भ्रंशेषु bhraṃśéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• अपभ्रंश (apabhraṃśá, the group of Middle Indo-Aryan dialects that deviated from Sanskrit)

Related terms

• भ्रंशते (bhraṃśate, “deviates, corrodes”)
• भ्रष्ट (bhraṣṭa, “polluted”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “भ्रंश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 769/1.