भरत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भरत (bharata).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

भरत • (bharat) m

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)

References

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Sanskrit

Etymology

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Noun

भरत • (bharata) stem, m

1. actor, dancer, tumbler

Proper noun

भरत • (bharata) stem, m

1. (historical) Bharata (name of a celebrated hero and monarch of India (son of Dushyant and Shakuntala))
2. (Hinduism) name of a son of Dasharatha, younger brother of Rāma in Ramayana

Derived terms

• भरतखण्ड (bharatakhaṇḍa)
• भरतवर्ष (bharatavarṣa)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “भरत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0747.