भजति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰáȷ́ati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰáǰati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂geti, from *bʰeh₂g-.[1] Cognate to Younger Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬲𐬀𐬝‎ (bažat̰, 3sg. inj.), Old Persian [Term?] (/big/).[2]

Pronunciation

Verb

भजति • (bhájati) (root भज्, class 1 P)[3]

  1. to distribute, divide, apportion
  2. to pursue, practice
  3. to chose, declare for
  4. to serve, honour

References

  1. ↑ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*bʰag-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 65
  2. ↑ Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*baǰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1
  3. ↑ Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 743
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