मञ्जिष्ठ

See also: मञ्जिष्ठा

Sanskrit

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)
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Bihari: मजीठा (majīṭhā), मैँजीठा (maĩṭhā)
- 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)
- Southern:
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Sinhalese: මදට (madaṭa)
  - Maharastri Prakrit:
    - Old Marathi: माजिठें (mājiṭheṃ)

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

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