As a Hindi name
भाजी · noun · feminine
भाँग । पीच · तरकारी, साग आदि · मेथी — Śabdasāgara
भाजी · noun · masculine
सेवक । भृत्य । नौकर — Śabdasāgara
भाजी · bhājī · s.f.
Share, portion (particularly of food); present; distribution of food among friends and neighbours; the food so distributed — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 178
भाजी · bhājī · s.f.
Greens; (especially) fried or cooked greens (syn. sāg) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 178
भाजी · feminine
vegetables, greens (especially fried); bhaji
Cited formation "भाजी" is भाज + -ई: भाज means "= bhāṅj, q.v", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "भाजी" is भाजना + -ई: भाजना means "To run away, flee, &c. ( = bhāgnā, q.v.)", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "भाजी" is भाज + -ई: भाज means "= bhāṅj, q.v", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, derived from the Sanskrit भर्जित — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀪𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀺𑀆 (bhajjiā), from Sanskrit भर्जित (bharjita).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
bharjita mfn. (fr. Caus.) roasted, fried, Suśr.
destroyed, annihilated, BhP.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
rice-gruel (= śrāṇā), (= paṅka-vyañjana-viśeṣa, Sch.)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "bhājī" is the nominative of "bhājin" — the same word in a different grammatical case, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
Dictionary citations
bhājī f. rice-gruel (= śrāṇā), Pāṇ. iv, 1, 42 (= paṅka-vyañjana-viśeṣa, Vop., Sch.)
bhājī Rice, gruel.
bhājin mfn. (ifc.) sharing, participating in ChUp.; Kum.
connected with, Kām.
Alternative readings
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