भीत

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬪᬷᬢ (Balinese script)
• ভীত (Assamese script)
• ভীত (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰱𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀻𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌭𑍀𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ભીત (Gujarati script)
• ਭੀਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦨꦷꦠ (Javanese script)
• ភីត (Khmer script)
• ಭೀತ (Kannada script)
• ຠີຕ (Lao script)
• ഭീത (Malayalam script)
• 𑘥𑘲𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠢᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• ᢨᡳᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• ဘီတ (Burmese script)
• 𑧅𑧓𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐷𑐟 (Newa script)
• ଭୀତ (Oriya script)
• ꢩꢷꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆵𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖱𑖝 (Siddham script)
• භීත (Sinhalese script)
• భీత (Telugu script)
• ภีต (Thai script)
• བྷཱི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒲𑒞 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰih₂-tó-s, from *bʰeyh₂- (“to fear”). See भय (bhaya) for cognates. Equivalent to भी (bhī, root) +‎ -त (-ta).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱiː.tɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱiː.t̪ɐ/

Adjective

भीत • (bhītá)

1. frightened, scared, terrified, afraid
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.32.14:

     अहे॑र्या॒तारं॒ कम॑पश्य इंद्र हृ॒दि यत्ते॑ ज॒घ्नुषो॒ भीरग॑च्छत् ।
     नव॑ च॒ यन्न॑व॒तिं च॒ स्रवं॑तीः श्ये॒नो न भी॒तो अत॑रो॒ रजां॑सि ॥

     áheryātā́ram kámapaśya indra hṛdí yátte jaghnúṣo bhī́rágacchat
     náva ca yánnavatím ca srávantīḥ śyenó ná bhītó átaro rájāṃsi

     Whom did you see, O Indra, after you had killed the Dragon that your heart was filled with fear
     That you crossed the ninety nine streams and the regions like a frightened hawk?

2. timid
3. (in compounds) anxious about

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of भीत (bhītá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भीतः bhītáḥ	भीतौ bhītaú	भीताः / भीतासः¹ bhītā́ḥ / bhītā́saḥ¹
Vocative	भीत bhī́ta	भीतौ bhī́tau	भीताः / भीतासः¹ bhī́tāḥ / bhī́tāsaḥ¹
Accusative	भीतम् bhītám	भीतौ bhītaú	भीतान् bhītā́n
Instrumental	भीतेन bhīténa	भीताभ्याम् bhītā́bhyām	भीतैः / भीतेभिः¹ bhītaíḥ / bhītébhiḥ¹
Dative	भीताय bhītā́ya	भीताभ्याम् bhītā́bhyām	भीतेभ्यः bhītébhyaḥ
Ablative	भीतात् bhītā́t	भीताभ्याम् bhītā́bhyām	भीतेभ्यः bhītébhyaḥ
Genitive	भीतस्य bhītásya	भीतयोः bhītáyoḥ	भीतानाम् bhītā́nām
Locative	भीते bhīté	भीतयोः bhītáyoḥ	भीतेषु bhītéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of भीता (bhītā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भीता bhītā́	भीते bhīté	भीताः bhītā́ḥ
Vocative	भीते bhī́te	भीते bhī́te	भीताः bhī́tāḥ
Accusative	भीताम् bhītā́m	भीते bhīté	भीताः bhītā́ḥ
Instrumental	भीतया / भीता¹ bhītáyā / bhītā́¹	भीताभ्याम् bhītā́bhyām	भीताभिः bhītā́bhiḥ
Dative	भीतायै bhītā́yai	भीताभ्याम् bhītā́bhyām	भीताभ्यः bhītā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	भीतायाः bhītā́yāḥ	भीताभ्याम् bhītā́bhyām	भीताभ्यः bhītā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	भीतायाः bhītā́yāḥ	भीतयोः bhītáyoḥ	भीतानाम् bhītā́nām
Locative	भीतायाम् bhītā́yām	भीतयोः bhītáyoḥ	भीतासु bhītā́su
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of भीत (bhītá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भीतम् bhītám	भीते bhīté	भीतानि / भीता¹ bhītā́ni / bhītā́¹
Vocative	भीत bhī́ta	भीते bhī́te	भीतानि / भीता¹ bhī́tāni / bhī́tā¹
Accusative	भीतम् bhītám	भीते bhīté	भीतानि / भीता¹ bhītā́ni / bhītā́¹
Instrumental	भीतेन bhīténa	भीताभ्याम् bhītā́bhyām	भीतैः / भीतेभिः¹ bhītaíḥ / bhītébhiḥ¹
Dative	भीताय bhītā́ya	भीताभ्याम् bhītā́bhyām	भीतेभ्यः bhītébhyaḥ
Ablative	भीतात् bhītā́t	भीताभ्याम् bhītā́bhyām	भीतेभ्यः bhītébhyaḥ
Genitive	भीतस्य bhītásya	भीतयोः bhītáyoḥ	भीतानाम् bhītā́nām
Locative	भीते bhīté	भीतयोः bhītáyoḥ	भीतेषु bhītéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Gandhari: 𐨧𐨁𐨡‎ (bhida)
• Pali: bhīta
• Bengali: ভীত (bhit)
• Prakrit: 𑀪𑀻𑀅 (bhīa)
• ⇒ Hindi: भयभीत (bhaybhīt)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “भीत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 758.