भनति

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• भणति (bhaṇati) – Classical

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬪᬦᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• ভনতি (Assamese script)
• ভনতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰡𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀦𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌭𑌨𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ભનતિ (Gujarati script)
• ꦨꦤꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• ಭನತಿ (Kannada script)
• ဘနတိ (Burmese script)
• 𑐨𑐣𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଭନତି (Oriya script)
• ꢩꢥꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆤𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖡𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• భనతి (Telugu script)
• བྷནཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒢𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰánati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰánati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰn̥h₂-é-ti, innovative nasal-infixed zero-grade thematic present *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”). Cognate with Ancient Greek φημί (phēmí, “speak”), φάτις (phátis, “rumour, news, speech”), φάσις (phásis, “speech, announcement”), φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice”), Latin fārī (“speak, talk; say”), fama (“news; fame”), fabula (“story, tale, fable”), Old Church Slavonic баяти (bajati, “tell, narrate”) and баснь (basnĭ, “fable”) (Russian баять (bajatʹ) and басня (basnja)), Old English bannan (whence English ban).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐ́.n̪ɐ.t̪i/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱɐ.n̪ɐ.t̪i/

Verb

भनति • (bhánati) (root भन्, class 1 P) (Vedic)

1. to sound, resound, call aloud, speak, declare
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.11.3:

     धन्या चिद्धि त्वे धिषणा वष्टि प्र देवाञ्जन्म गृणते यजध्यै।
     वेपिष्ठो अङ्गिरसां यद्ध विप्रो मधु च्छन्दो भनति रेभ इष्टौ॥

     dhanyā ciddhi tve dhiṣaṇā vaṣṭi pra devāñjanma gṛṇate yajadhyai.
     vepiṣṭho aṅgirasāṃ yaddha vipro madhu cchando bhanati rebha iṣṭau.

     For even the blessed longing that is in thee would bring the Gods down to the singer's worship,
     When the Aṅgirases' sagest Sage, the Poet, sings the sweet measure at the solemn service.

   जनिः जपानम् भनति। ― jániḥ japānam bhánati. ― The woman speaks Japanese.

   Synonym: भाषते (bhā́ṣate)

Descendants

• Classical Sanskrit: भणति (bhaṇati)
  • Ashokan Prakrit:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Bengali: ভনা (bhôna)
    • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀪𑀡𑀇 (bhaṇaï)
      • Konkani: म्हण्चे (mhaṇce)
      • Old Marathi: 𑘥𑘜𑘜𑘹 (bhaṇaṇe), 𑘦𑘿𑘮𑘜𑘜𑘹 (mhaṇaṇe)
        • Marathi: म्हणणे (mhaṇṇe)
    • Romani: phenel
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀪𑀡𑀤𑀺 (bhaṇadi)
      • Gurjar Apabhramsa:
        • Gujarati: ભણવું (bhaṇvũ)
      • Hindi: भनना (bhannā)
      • Pahari:
        • Nepali: भन्नु (bhannu)
  • Dhivehi: ބުނަނީ‎ (bunanī)
  • Pali: bhaṇati

References

• Monier Williams (1899) , “भनति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0745.