𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀪𑀸𑀭𑀺𑀆 (bhāriā) — Paiśācī

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit भार्या (bhāryā̀). Cognate with Pali bhariyā.

Noun

𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (bhajjā) f (Devanagari भज्जा, Kannada ಭಜ್ಜಾ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. wife

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (feminine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (bhajjā)	𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀑 (bhajjāo) or 𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀉 (bhajjāu) or 𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (bhajjā)
Accusative	𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀁 (bhajjaṃ)	𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀑 (bhajjāo) or 𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀉 (bhajjāu) or 𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (bhajjā)
Instrumental	𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀏 (bhajjāe) or 𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀇 (bhajjāi) or 𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀅 (bhajjāa)	𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀳𑀺 (bhajjāhi) or 𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁 (bhajjāhiṃ)
Dative	—	—
Ablative	𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀑 (bhajjāo) or 𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀉 (bhajjāu)	𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (bhajjāhiṃto)
Genitive	𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀏 (bhajjāe) or 𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀇 (bhajjāi) or 𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀅 (bhajjāa)	𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀡 (bhajjāṇa) or 𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀁 (bhajjāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀏 (bhajjāe) or 𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀇 (bhajjāi) or 𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀅 (bhajjāa)	𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀲𑀼 (bhajjāsu) or 𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀲𑀼𑀁 (bhajjāsuṃ)
Vocative	𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁂 (bhajje) or 𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (bhajjā)	𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀑 (bhajjāo) or 𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀉 (bhajjāu) or 𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (bhajjā)

Descendants

• Old Marathi: 𑘥𑘰𑘕 (bhāja), 𑘥𑘰𑘕𑘰 (bhājā)

References

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 314
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 135.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhāryāˋ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press