भरत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भरत (bharata).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bʱə.ɾət̪/, [bʱɐ.ɾɐt̪]

Proper noun

भरत • (bharat) m (Urdu spelling بھرت)

1. a male given name, Bharat, from Sanskrit, famously held by:
   1. Bharata, founder of the Bhārata dynasty
   2. Bharata, younger brother of Rama

Declension

Declension of भरत (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	भरत bharat	भरत bharat
oblique	भरत bharat	भरतों bharatõ
vocative	भरत bharat	भरतो bharato

Related terms

• भारत (bhārat)
• महाभारत (mahābhārat)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भरत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভৰত (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬭᬢ (Balinese script)
• ভরত (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰨𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀭𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• ဘရတ (Burmese script)
• ભરત (Gujarati script)
• ਭਰਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑌰𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦫꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂩𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ಭರತ (Kannada script)
• ភរត (Khmer script)
• ຠຣຕ (Lao script)
• ഭരത (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᠠᡵᠠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘨𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠠᠷᠠᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧈𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐬𑐟 (Newa script)
• ଭରତ (Odia script)
• ꢩꢬꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆫𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖨𑖝 (Siddham script)
• භරත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩼𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚤𑚙 (Takri script)
• ப⁴ரத (Tamil script)
• భరత (Telugu script)
• ภรต (Thai script)
• བྷ་ར་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒩𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨫𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root भृ (bhṛ, “to bear, to carry”). See Bhārata for more.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐ.ɾɐ.tɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱɐ.ɾɐ.t̪ɐ/

Noun

भरत • (bharatá) stem, m

1. actor, dancer, tumbler

Proper noun

भरत • (bharatá) stem, m

1. (Hinduism) One of a number of mythological characters.
   1. Bharata, a legendary emperor
   2. Bharata, a son of Dasharatha, younger brother of Rāma in Ramayana
   3. (Jainism) Bharata, a son of Rishabhanatha

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of भरत (bharatá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भरतः bharatáḥ	भरतौ / भरता¹ bharataú / bharatā́¹	भरताः / भरतासः¹ bharatā́ḥ / bharatā́saḥ¹
Vocative	भरत bhárata	भरतौ / भरता¹ bháratau / bháratā¹	भरताः / भरतासः¹ bháratāḥ / bháratāsaḥ¹
Accusative	भरतम् bharatám	भरतौ / भरता¹ bharataú / bharatā́¹	भरतान् bharatā́n
Instrumental	भरतेन bharaténa	भरताभ्याम् bharatā́bhyām	भरतैः / भरतेभिः¹ bharataíḥ / bharatébhiḥ¹
Dative	भरताय bharatā́ya	भरताभ्याम् bharatā́bhyām	भरतेभ्यः bharatébhyaḥ
Ablative	भरतात् bharatā́t	भरताभ्याम् bharatā́bhyām	भरतेभ्यः bharatébhyaḥ
Genitive	भरतस्य bharatásya	भरतयोः bharatáyoḥ	भरतानाम् bharatā́nām
Locative	भरते bharaté	भरतयोः bharatáyoḥ	भरतेषु bharatéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• भारत (bhā́rata)
• भारतखण्ड (bhāratakhaṇḍa)
• भारतवर्ष (bhāratavarṣa)
• महाभारत (mahābhārata)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “भरत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 747.