भरत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भरत (bharata).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) 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 Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱɐ.ɾɐ.t̪ɐ/

Noun

भरत • (bharatá) stem, m

1. actor, dancer, tumbler

Proper noun

भरत • (bharatá) stem, m

1. (Hinduism) Bharata, a legendary emperor
2. (Hinduism) Bharata, a son of Dasharatha and the younger brother of Rāma in the Ramayana
3. (Jainism) Bharata, a son of Rishabhanatha

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of भरत

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	भरतः (bharatáḥ)	भरतौ (bharataú) भरता¹ (bharatā́¹)	भरताः (bharatā́ḥ) भरतासः¹ (bharatā́saḥ¹)
accusative	भरतम् (bharatám)	भरतौ (bharataú) भरता¹ (bharatā́¹)	भरतान् (bharatā́n)
instrumental	भरतेन (bharaténa)	भरताभ्याम् (bharatā́bhyām)	भरतैः (bharataíḥ) भरतेभिः¹ (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)
vocative	भरत (bhárata)	भरतौ (bháratau) भरता¹ (bháratā¹)	भरताः (bháratāḥ) भरतासः¹ (bháratāsaḥ¹)

• 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.