भक्ति

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit भक्ति (bhaktí).

Noun

भक्ति • (bhakti) f, Urdu spelling بھکتی

1. devotion
2. constancy
3. faith, faithfulness
4. reverence
5. devoutness
6. adoration, fidelity

Related terms

• भक्त (bhakt)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From the -ta participle of the verbal root √bhaj (“to divide, distribute, allot or apportion to”); compare भक्त (bhaktá, “distributed, assigned, alloted”).

Noun

भक्ति (bhaktí) f

1. distribution, partition, separation

   क्षेत्रभक्ति (kṣetra-bhakti) — the division of a field

   भङ्गीभक्ति (bhaṅgī-bhakti) — division or separation into (a series of) waves or wave-like steps

2. division, portion, share
3. a division of a सामन् (sāman) (also called विधि (vidhi), of which 7 or 5 are enumerated)
4. division by streaks or lines
5. streak, line, variegated decoration
6. row, series, succession, order

   भक्त्या (bhaktyā) and भक्तितस् (bhakti-tas) — in succession

7. (at the end of a compound) the being a part of, belonging to

   अज्भक्तेः (ajbhakteḥ) — on the part of the vowels

8. that which belongs to or is contained in anything else, an attribute
9. predisposition (of body to any disease)
10. attachment, devotion, fondness for, devotion to (+locative, genitive or at the end of a compound), trust, homage, worship, piety, faith or love or devotion (as a religious principle or means of salvation, together with कर्मन् (karman), "works" , and ज्ञान (jñāna), "spiritual knowledge")
11. (at the end of a compound) assumption of the form of
12. often wrong reading for भङ्गि (bhaṅgi) or भुक्ति (bhukti)

Declension

    Feminine i-stem declension of भक्ति

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भक्तिः (bhaktiḥ)	भक्ती (bhaktī)	भक्तयः (bhaktayaḥ)
Vocative	भक्ते (bhakte)	भक्ती (bhaktī)	भक्तयः (bhaktayaḥ)
Accusative	भक्तिम् (bhaktim)	भक्ती (bhaktī)	भक्तीः (bhaktīḥ)
Instrumental	भक्त्या (bhaktyā)	भक्तिभ्याम् (bhaktibhyām)	भक्तिभिः (bhaktibhiḥ)
Dative	भक्त्यै (bhaktyai) / भक्तये (bhaktaye)	भक्तिभ्याम् (bhaktibhyām)	भक्तिभ्यः (bhaktibhyaḥ)
Ablative	भक्त्याः (bhaktyāḥ) / भक्तेः (bhakteḥ)	भक्तिभ्याम् (bhaktibhyām)	भक्तिभ्यः (bhaktibhyaḥ)
Genitive	भक्त्याः (bhaktyāḥ) / भक्तेः (bhakteḥ)	भक्त्योः (bhaktyoḥ)	भक्तीनाम् (bhaktīnām)
Locative	भक्त्याम् (bhaktyām) / भक्तौ (bhaktau)	भक्त्योः (bhaktyoḥ)	भक्तिषु (bhaktiṣu)

Descendants

• Bengali: ভক্তি (bhǒkti)
• English: bhakti
• Gujarati: ભક્તિ (bhakti)
• Hindi: भक्ति (bhakti)
• Kannada: ಭಕ್ತಿ (bhakti)
• Malay: bakti
• Marathi: भक्ती (bhaktī)
• Oriya: ଭକ୍ତି (bhakti)
• Tamil: பக்தி (pakti)
• Telugu: భక్తి (bhakti)
• Thai: ภักดี (phákdii)
• Urdu: بھکتی (bhakti)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0743