भ्रंश्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• भ्रश् (bhraś), भृश् (bhṛś)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভ্ৰংশ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬪ᭄ᬭᬂᬰ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ভ্রংশ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰿𑰨𑰽𑰫𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑁆𑀭𑀁𑀰𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဘြံၐ် (Burmese script)
• ભ્રંશ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਭ੍ਰਂਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑍍𑌰𑌂𑌶𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦿꦁꦯ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂹𑂩𑂁𑂬𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಭ್ರಂಶ್ (Kannada script)
• ភ្រំឝ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຠ຺ຣໍຨ຺ (Lao script)
• ഭ്രംശ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᢀ᠋ᡵᠠᡧ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘿𑘨𑘽𑘫𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᢀ᠋ᠷᠠᠱ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧠𑧈𑧞𑧋𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑑂𑐬𑑄𑐱𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଭ୍ରଂଶ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢩ꣄ꢬꢀꢯ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑇀𑆫𑆁𑆯𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖿𑖨𑖽𑖫𑖿 (Siddham script)
• භ්‍රංශ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳 𑪙𑩼𑪖𑩿 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚶𑚤𑚫𑚧𑚶 (Takri script)
• ப்⁴ரஂஶ் (Tamil script)
• భ్రంశ్ (Telugu script)
• ภฺรํศฺ (Thai script)
• བྷྲཾ་ཤ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑓂𑒩𑓀𑒬𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑩇𑨫𑨸𑨮𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenḱ- (“to deviate, corrupt, fall off”). Cognate with Tocharian B pränk- (“to stay away, restrain oneself”) and prenke (“island”), and perhaps Old Irish bréc (“lie”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɾɐ̃ɕ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱɾɐ̃ɕ/

Root

भ्रंश् • (bhraṃś)

1. to fall, drop, fall down or out or in pieces
2. to strike against
3. to rebound from
4. to fall (figuratively), decline, decay, fail, disappear, vanish, be ruined or lost
5. to be separated from or deprived of, lose
6. to slip or escape from
7. to swerve or deviate from, abandon
8. to cause to fall (literally and figuratively), throw down, overthrow
9. to cause to disappear or be lost, destroy
10. to cause to escape from
11. to cause to deviate from
12. to deprive anyone of

Derived terms

• अबभ्रंशत् (ababhraṃśat)
• अभ्रंशिष्ट (abhraṃśiṣṭa)
• बनीभ्रश्यते (banībhraśyate)
• बभ्रंश (babhraṃśa)
• बाभ्रश्यते (bābhraśyate)
• बिभ्रंशिषति (bibhraṃśiṣati)
• भ्रंश (bhraṃśa)
• भ्रंशते (bhraṃśate)
• भ्रंशयति (bhraṃśayati)
• भ्रंशिता (bhraṃśitā)
• भ्रंशित्वा (bhraṃśitvā)
• भ्रंशिष्यति (bhraṃśiṣyati)
• भ्रंश्यते (bhraṃśyate)
• भ्रशत् (bhraśat)
• भ्रश्यति (bhraśyati)
• भ्रष्ट्वा (bhraṣṭvā)
• भ्राशयति (bhrāśayati)
• भ्राश्य (bhrāśya)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “भ्रंश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 769/2.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 115
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 276-7
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 209, page 127; reprinted 2017 (Please provide a date or year)