भुज

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Gujarati ભુજ (bhuj).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /bʱʊd͡ʒ/

Proper noun

भुज • (bhuj) m (Urdu spelling بھوج)

  1. Bhuj (a city in Gujarat, India)

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

भुज m

  1. Devanagari script form of bhuja (arm)

Declension

Adjective

भुज

  1. Devanagari script form of bhuja (bending)
  2. Devanagari script form of bhuja (clean)

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰúȷ́as, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰúǰas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (to bend). Cognate with Old English būgan (whence English bow). The Sanskrit root is भुज् (bhuj).

Pronunciation

Noun

भुज • (bhúja) stem, m

  1. arm
  2. breast
  3. hand
  4. trunk of an elephant
  5. branch, bough
  6. bending, curve, coil (of a serpent)
  7. the side of any geometrical figure
  8. the base of a triangle
  9. the base of a shadow

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of भुज (bhúja)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative भुजः
bhújaḥ
भुजौ / भुजा¹
bhújau / bhújā¹
भुजाः / भुजासः¹
bhújāḥ / bhújāsaḥ¹
Vocative भुज
bhúja
भुजौ / भुजा¹
bhújau / bhújā¹
भुजाः / भुजासः¹
bhújāḥ / bhújāsaḥ¹
Accusative भुजम्
bhújam
भुजौ / भुजा¹
bhújau / bhújā¹
भुजान्
bhújān
Instrumental भुजेन
bhújena
भुजाभ्याम्
bhújābhyām
भुजैः / भुजेभिः¹
bhújaiḥ / bhújebhiḥ¹
Dative भुजाय
bhújāya
भुजाभ्याम्
bhújābhyām
भुजेभ्यः
bhújebhyaḥ
Ablative भुजात्
bhújāt
भुजाभ्याम्
bhújābhyām
भुजेभ्यः
bhújebhyaḥ
Genitive भुजस्य
bhújasya
भुजयोः
bhújayoḥ
भुजानाम्
bhújānām
Locative भुजे
bhúje
भुजयोः
bhújayoḥ
भुजेषु
bhújeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Assamese: ভুজ (bhuz)
  • Bengali: ভুজ (bhuj)
  • Hindi: भुजा (bhujā)
  • Kannada: ಭುಜ (bhuja)
  • Khowar: بازو
  • Marathi: भुज (bhuj)
  • Odia: ଭୁଜ (bhujô)
  • Pali: bhuja
  • Punjabi: ਭੁਜਾ (bhujā)
  • Tamil: புஜம் (pujam), புசம் (pucam), புயம் (puyam)
  • Telugu: భుజము (bhujamu)
  • Urdu: بازو (bāzo)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “भुज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 759/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 504
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