भरति

See also: भ्राता

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ভৰতি (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬭᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• ভরতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰨𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀭𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဘရတိ (Burmese script)
• ભરતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਭਰਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑌰𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦫꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂩𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಭರತಿ (Kannada script)
• ភរតិ (Khmer script)
• ຠຣຕິ (Lao script)
• ഭരതി (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᠠᡵᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘨𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠠᠷᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧈𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐬𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଭରତି (Odia script)
• ꢩꢬꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆫𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖨𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• භරති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩼𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚤𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• ப⁴ரதி (Tamil script)
• భరతి (Telugu script)
• ภรติ (Thai script)
• བྷ་ར་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒩𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨫𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰárati

Sanskrit भर॑ति

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰárati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti, from *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”).

Cognate with Lithuanian ber̃ti, Latvian bḕrt, Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō), Latin ferō, Old English beran (whence English bear), Proto-Celtic *bereti (whence Middle Welsh beru, Old Irish beirid), Proto-Slavic *bьrati (whence Czech brát, Serbo-Croatian бра̏ти, brȁti, Russian брать (bratʹ), Bulgarian бера (bera), Old Church Slavonic бьрати (bĭrati), Polish brać).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐ́.ɾɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱɐ.ɾɐ.t̪i/

Verb

भर॑ति • (bhárati) third-singular indicative (class 1, root भृ)

1. to bear, carry
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.67.6:

     आ न॑ इन्दो शत॒ग्विनं॑ र॒यिं गोम॑न्तम॒श्विन॑म्।
     भरा॑ सोम सह॒स्रिण॑म्॥

     ā́ na indo śatagvínaṃ rayíṃ gómantamaśvínam.
     bhárā soma sahasríṇam.

     Indu, Soma, carry to us thousand-fold wealth, consisting of hundreds of cows, having excellent cows and horses.

2. to support
3. to maintain

Conjugation

Present: भर॑ति (bhárati), भर॑ते (bhárate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	भर॑ति bhárati	भर॑तः bhárataḥ	भर॑न्ति bháranti	भर॑ते bhárate	भरे॑ते bhárete	भर॑न्ते bhárante
Second	भर॑सि bhárasi	भर॑थः bhárathaḥ	भर॑थ bháratha	भर॑से bhárase	भरे॑थे bhárethe	भर॑ध्वे bháradhve
First	भरा॑मि bhárāmi	भरा॑वः bhárāvaḥ	भरा॑मः / भरा॑मसि¹ bhárāmaḥ / bhárāmasi¹	भरे॑ bháre	भरा॑वहे bhárāvahe	भरा॑महे bhárāmahe
Imperative
Third	भर॑तु bháratu	भर॑ताम् bháratām	भर॑न्तु bhárantu	भर॑ताम् bháratām	भरे॑ताम् bháretām	भर॑न्ताम् bhárantām
Second	भर॑ bhára	भर॑तम् bháratam	भर॑त bhárata	भर॑स्व bhárasva	भरे॑थाम् bhárethām	भर॑ध्वम् bháradhvam
First	भरा॑णि bhárāṇi	भरा॑व bhárāva	भरा॑म bhárāma	भरै॑ bhárai	भरा॑वहै bhárāvahai	भरा॑महै bhárāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	भरे॑त् bháret	भरे॑ताम् bháretām	भरे॑युः bháreyuḥ	भरे॑त bháreta	भरे॑याताम् bháreyātām	भरे॑रन् / भरे॑रत¹ bháreran / bhárerata¹
Second	भरेः॑ bháreḥ	भरे॑तम् bháretam	भरे॑त bháreta	भरे॑थाः bhárethāḥ	भरे॑याथाम् bháreyāthām	भरे॑ध्वम् bháredhvam
First	भरे॑यम् bháreyam	भरे॑व bháreva	भरे॑म bhárema	भरे॑य bháreya	भरे॑वहि bhárevahi	भरे॑महि bháremahi
Subjunctive
Third	भरा॑त् / भरा॑ति bhárāt / bhárāti	भरा॑तः bhárātaḥ	भरा॑न् bhárān	भरा॑ते / भरा॑तै bhárāte / bhárātai	भरै॑ते bháraite	भर॑न्त / भरा॑न्तै bháranta / bhárāntai
Second	भराः॑ / भरा॑सि bhárāḥ / bhárāsi	भरा॑थः bhárāthaḥ	भरा॑थ bhárātha	भरा॑से / भरा॑सै bhárāse / bhárāsai	भरै॑थे bháraithe	भरा॑ध्वै bhárādhvai
First	भरा॑णि bhárāṇi	भरा॑व bhárāva	भरा॑म bhárāma	भरै॑ bhárai	भरा॑वहै bhárāvahai	भरा॑महै bhárāmahai
Participles
	भर॑त् bhárat			भर॑माण bháramāṇa
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic ¹Rigvedic

Imperfect: अभ॑रत् (ábharat), अभ॑रत (ábharata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अभ॑रत् ábharat	अभ॑रताम् ábharatām	अभ॑रन् ábharan	अभ॑रत ábharata	अभ॑रेताम् ábharetām	अभ॑रन्त ábharanta
Second	अभ॑रः ábharaḥ	अभ॑रतम् ábharatam	अभ॑रत ábharata	अभ॑रथाः ábharathāḥ	अभ॑रेथाम् ábharethām	अभ॑रध्वम् ábharadhvam
First	अभ॑रम् ábharam	अभ॑राव ábharāva	अभ॑राम ábharāma	अभ॑रे ábhare	अभ॑रावहि ábharāvahi	अभ॑रामहि ábharāmahi

Descendants

• Pali: bharati
• Prakrit: 𑀪𑀭𑀇 (bharaï) (see there for further descendants)