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)
- ᠪᠾᢈᢈᢐᠠ᠋ (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)
- 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?
- áheryātā́ram kámapaśya indra hṛdí yátte jaghnúṣo bhī́rágacchat
- अहे॑र्या॒तारं॒ कम॑पश्य इंद्र हृ॒दि यत्ते॑ ज॒घ्नुषो॒ भीरग॑च्छत् ।
- timid
- (in compounds) anxious about
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of भीत (bhītá) | |||
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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 |
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Feminine ā-stem declension of भीता (bhītā́) | |||
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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 |
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Neuter a-stem declension of भीत (bhītá) | |||
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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 |
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Descendants
- Gandhari: 𐨧𐨁𐨡 (bhida)
- Pali: bhīta
- Bengali: ভীত (bhīt)
- Prakrit: 𑀪𑀻𑀅 (bhīa)
- ⇒ Hindi: भयभीत (bhaybhīt)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “भीत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 758.