bhavati

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀪𑀯𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• भवति (Devanagari script)
• ভৰতি (Bengali script)
• භවති (Sinhalese script)
• ဘဝတိ or ꧤဝတိ (Burmese script)
• ภวติ or ภะวะติ (Thai script)
• ᨽᩅᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ຠວຕິ or ຠະວະຕິ (Lao script)
• ភវតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄞𑅇𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-. Compare Sanskrit भवति (bhávati).

Verb

bhavati (root bhū, first conjugation)

1. to become, exist

Conjugation

Conjugation of "bhavati"

	Active		Middle
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Present
1st	bhavāmi	bhavāma	bhave	bhavāmhe
2nd	bhavasi	bhavatha	bhavase	bhavavhe
3rd	bhavati	bhavanti	bhavate	bhavante or bhavare
Imperfect
1st	abhava or abhavaṃ or bhava or bhavaṃ	abhavamhā or bhavamhā	abhaviṃ or bhaviṃ	abhavāmhase or abhavamhase or bhavāmhase or bhavamhase
2nd	abhavo or bhavo	abhavattha or bhavattha	abhavase or bhavase	abhavavhaṃ or bhavavhaṃ
3rd	abhava or abhavā or bhava or bhavā	abhavu or abhavū or bhavu or bhavū	abhavattha or bhavattha	abhavatthuṃ or bhavatthuṃ
Imperative
1st	bhavāmi	bhavāma	bhave	bhavāmase
2nd	bhava or bhavāhi	bhavatha	bhavassu	bhavavho
3rd	bhavatu	bhavantu	bhavataṃ	bhavantaṃ
Optative
1st	bhaveyyāmi or bhaveyyaṃ or bhave	bhaveyyāma	bhaveyyaṃ	bhaveyyāmhe
2nd	bhaveyyāsi or bhave	bhaveyyātha	bhavetho	bhaveyyavho
3rd	bhaveyya or bhave	bhaveyyuṃ	bhavetha	bhaveraṃ

• Present active participle: bhavant, which see for forms and usage
• Present middle participle: bhavamāna, which see for forms and usage

Derived terms

• hoti

Adjective

bhavati

1. masculine/neuter locative singular of bhavant which is the present participle of the verb above.

Noun

bhavati

1. locative singular of bhavant (“sir”)

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “bhavati”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead