मञ्जिष्ठा

See also: मञ्जिष्ठ

Sanskrit

Etymology

From मञ्ज् (mañj, “to cleanse or be bright”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐɲ.d͡ʑiʂ.ʈʰɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐɲ.d͡ʑiʂ.ʈʰɑː/
• Hyphenation: म‧ञ्‧जिष्‧ठा

Noun

मञ्जिष्ठा • (mañjiṣṭhā) stem, f

1. Indian madder, Rubia manjith (syn. Rubia munjista)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of मञ्जिष्ठा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मञ्जिष्ठा (mañjiṣṭhā)	मञ्जिष्ठे (mañjiṣṭhe)	मञ्जिष्ठाः (mañjiṣṭhāḥ)
vocative	मञ्जिष्ठे (mañjiṣṭhe)	मञ्जिष्ठे (mañjiṣṭhe)	मञ्जिष्ठाः (mañjiṣṭhāḥ)
accusative	मञ्जिष्ठाम् (mañjiṣṭhām)	मञ्जिष्ठे (mañjiṣṭhe)	मञ्जिष्ठाः (mañjiṣṭhāḥ)
instrumental	मञ्जिष्ठया (mañjiṣṭhayā) मञ्जिष्ठा¹ (mañjiṣṭhā¹)	मञ्जिष्ठाभ्याम् (mañjiṣṭhābhyām)	मञ्जिष्ठाभिः (mañjiṣṭhābhiḥ)
dative	मञ्जिष्ठायै (mañjiṣṭhāyai)	मञ्जिष्ठाभ्याम् (mañjiṣṭhābhyām)	मञ्जिष्ठाभ्यः (mañjiṣṭhābhyaḥ)
ablative	मञ्जिष्ठायाः (mañjiṣṭhāyāḥ) मञ्जिष्ठायै² (mañjiṣṭhāyai²)	मञ्जिष्ठाभ्याम् (mañjiṣṭhābhyām)	मञ्जिष्ठाभ्यः (mañjiṣṭhābhyaḥ)
genitive	मञ्जिष्ठायाः (mañjiṣṭhāyāḥ) मञ्जिष्ठायै² (mañjiṣṭhāyai²)	मञ्जिष्ठयोः (mañjiṣṭhayoḥ)	मञ्जिष्ठानाम् (mañjiṣṭhānām)
locative	मञ्जिष्ठायाम् (mañjiṣṭhāyām)	मञ्जिष्ठयोः (mañjiṣṭhayoḥ)	मञ्जिष्ठासु (mañjiṣṭhāsu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: مَزیٹھ (mazēṭh), مَزیٹھِ (mazēṭhi)
• Pali: mañjeṭṭhī
• Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸 (maṃjiṭṭhā)
  • Central:
    • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸 (maṃjiṭṭhā)
      • Old Awadhi: मँजीठ (mam̐jīṭha)
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸 (maṃjiṭṭhā)
      • Gujarati: મજીઠ (majīṭh)
      • Hindustani: majīṭh, mañjīṭh

        Hindi: मजीठ, मंजीठ

        Urdu: مَجِیٹھ (majīṭh), مَنجِیٹھ (manjīṭh)

        • → Burmese: မဇိဌ် (ma.jiht)
        • → English: munjeet
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: মজাঠি (mozathi), মেজাঠি (mezathi)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Eastern Pahari:
        • Nepali: मजिठो (majiṭho)
  • Northwestern:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Punjabi: majīṭ, majīṭh, mãjīṭ, mãjīṭh

          Gurmukhi script: ਮਜੀਟ, ਮਜੀਠ, ਮਁਜੀਟ, ਮਁਜੀਠ

          Shahmukhi script: مَجِیٹ, مَجِیٹھ, مَںجِیٹ, مَںجِیٹھ

      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi: mañuṭha, maĩṭha

          Arabic script: مَڃُٺَ, مَينٺَ

          Devanagari script: मञुठ, मैँठ

          • Kachchi: મજીઠ (majīṭh)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: މަދޮށި (madoṣi), މަދެށި (madeṣi)
      • Sinhalese: මදට (madaṭa), මදටි (madaṭi), මදටිය (madaṭiya)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Konkani: mañjūṭi

        Devanagari script: मंजूटि

        Latin script: monjutti

        Kannada script: ಮಂಜೂಟಿ

  • Western:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸 (maṃjiṭṭhā)
      • Gujarati: મજીઠ (majīṭh), મંજીઠ (mañjīṭh)
  • → Dravidian:
    • Malayalam: മഞ്ചട്ടി (mañcaṭṭi)
    • Tamil: மஞ்சிட்டி (mañciṭṭi), மஞ்சட்டி (mañcaṭṭi)
• → Kannada: ಮಂಜಿಷ್ಠ (mañjiṣṭha)
• → Telugu: మంజిష్ఠ (mañjiṣṭha)
• → Tulu: ಮಂಜಿಷ್ಠ (mañjiṣṭha)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मञ्जिष्ठा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0774.
• Rubia manjith at Plants of the World Online
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “manjistha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 556