मञ्जिष्ठ
See also: मञ्जिष्ठा
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মঞ্জিষ্ঠ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬜ᭄ᬚᬶᬱ᭄ᬞ (Balinese script)
- মঞ্জিষ্ঠ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰗𑰿𑰕𑰰𑰬𑰿𑰙 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀜𑁆𑀚𑀺𑀱𑁆𑀞 (Brahmi script)
- မဉ္ဇိၑ္ဌ (Burmese script)
- મઞ્જિષ્ઠ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਞ੍ਜਿਸ਼੍ਠ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌞𑍍𑌜𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌠 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦚ꧀ꦗꦶꦰ꧀ꦜ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂖𑂹𑂔𑂱𑂭𑂹𑂘 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಞ್ಜಿಷ್ಠ (Kannada script)
- មញ្ជិឞ្ឋ (Khmer script)
- ມຎ຺ຊິຩ຺ຐ (Lao script)
- മഞ്ജിഷ്ഠ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᠨᡳᠶᡯᡳᢢᡱᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘗𑘿𑘕𑘱𑘬𑘿𑘙 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᡛᠽᠢᢔᢍᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑦷𑧠𑦵𑧒𑧌𑧠𑦹 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐘𑑂𑐖𑐶𑐲𑑂𑐛 (Newa script)
- ମଞ୍ଜିଷ୍ଠ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢛ꣄ꢙꢶꢰ꣄ꢝ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆚𑇀𑆘𑆴𑆰𑇀𑆜 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖗𑖿𑖕𑖰𑖬𑖿𑖙 (Siddham script)
- මඤ්ජිෂ්ඨ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩥 𑪙𑩣𑩑𑪀 𑪙𑩧 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚓𑚶𑚑𑚮𑚶𑚕 (Takri script)
- மஞ்ஜிஷ்ட² (Tamil script)
- మఞ్జిష్ఠ (Telugu script)
- มญฺชิษฺฐ (Thai script)
- མ་ཉྫི་ཥྛ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒘𑓂𑒖𑒱𑒭𑓂𑒚 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨓𑩇𑨥𑨁𑨯𑩇𑨕 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From मञ्ज् (mañj, “to cleanse or be bright”).
Adjective
मञ्जिष्ठ • (mañjiṣṭha) stem
- very bright, bright red (as Indian madder)
Descendants
- Pali: mañjeṭṭha, mañjeṭṭhaka
- Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (maṃjiṭṭha)
- Central:
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Hindustani: majīṭā, maĩṭā
- Hindi: मजीठा, मैँटा
- Urdu: مَجِیٹَہ (majīṭa), مَیںٹَہ (ma͠iṭa)
- Hindustani: majīṭā, maĩṭā
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Eastern:
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Bihari: मजीठा (majīṭhā), मैँजीठा (maĩṭhā)
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Northwestern:
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Punjabi: mãjīṭhā, majīṭhā, majīṭhuṛ
- Gurmukhi script: ਮਁਜੀਠਾ, ਮਜੀਠਾ, ਮਜੀਠੁਰ
- Shahmukhi script: مَںجِیٹھَہ, مَجِیٹھَہ, مَجِیٹھُڑ
- Sindhi: māñuṭho
- Arabic script: مَاڃُٺو
- Devanagari script: माञुठो
- Kachchi: મંઇઠ (mãiṭha)
- Punjabi: mãjīṭhā, majīṭhā, majīṭhuṛ
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Southern:
- Helu Prakrit:
- Sinhalese: මදට (madaṭa)
- Maharastri Prakrit:
- Old Marathi: माजिठें (mājiṭheṃ)
- Helu Prakrit:
- Central:
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “मञ्जिष्ठ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0774.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “manjistha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press