भरत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भरत (bharata).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

भरत • (bharat) m (Urdu spelling بھرت‎)

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

ᬪᬭᬢ (Balinese script)
ভৰত (Assamese script)
ভরত (Bengali script)
𑰥𑰨𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀪𑀭𑀢 (Brahmi script)
𑌭𑌰𑌤 (Grantha script)
ભરત (Gujarati script)
ਭਰਤ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦨꦫꦠ (Javanese script)
ភរត (Khmer script)
ಭರತ (Kannada script)
ຠຣຕ (Lao script)
ഭരത (Malayalam script)
𑘥𑘨𑘝 (Modi script)
ᠪᠾᠠᠷᠠᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
ᢨᠠᡵᠠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
ဘရတ (Burmese script)
𑧅𑧈𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
𑐨𑐬𑐟 (Newa script)
ଭରତ (Odia script)
ꢩꢬꢡ (Saurashtra script)
𑆨𑆫𑆠 (Sharada script)
𑖥𑖨𑖝 (Siddham script)
භරත (Sinhalese script)
ப⁴ரத (Tamil script)
భరత (Telugu script)
ภรต (Thai script)
བྷ་ར་ཏ (Tibetan script)
𑒦𑒩𑒞 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From the root भृ (to bear, to carry). See Bhārata for more.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐ.ɾɐ.tɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱɐ.ɾɐ.t̪ɐ/

Noun

भरत • (bharata) stem, m

actor, dancer, tumbler

Proper noun

भरत • (bharata) stem, m

(historical) Bharata, name of a celebrated hero and monarch of India (son of Duṣyanta and Śakuntalā)
(Hinduism) name of a son of Daśaratha, younger brother of Rāma in Rāmāyaṇa
(Jainism) name of a son of Ṛṣabha, brother of Bāhubalī

Derived terms

भरतखण्ड (bharatakhaṇḍa)
भरतवर्ष (bharatavarṣa)
महाभारत (mahābhārata)

References

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

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