भाव

Borrowed from Sanskrit भाव (bhāva).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʱɑːʋ/, [bʱäːʋ]
• Rhymes: -ɑːʋ

भाव • (bhāv) m

1. rate, price

   Synonyms: मूल्य (mūlya), क़ीमत (qīmat), दाम (dām)

   सोने का भाव चढ़ने लगा है।

   sone kā bhāv caṛhne lagā hai.

   The price of gold is beginning to rise.

2. existence, being

   Synonyms: अस्तित्व (astitva), जीवन (jīvan)

3. emotion, feeling

   Synonyms: अनुभव (anubhav), भावना (bhāvnā)

4. disposition, character, nature
5. opinion, sentiment

   Synonyms: राय (rāy), मत (mat)

6. manner, way

   Synonyms: ढंग (ḍhaṅg), तरीक़ा (tarīqā), रीति (rīti), तौर (taur)

7. intent, meaning
8. soul, spirit

   Synonym: आत्मा (ātmā)

• भाववाच्य (bhāvvācya)

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “भाव”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “भाव”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “भाव”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भाव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 766

From Maharastri Prakrit 𑀪𑀸𑀉 (bhāu), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ, “brother”). Cognate with Marathi भाऊ (bhāū) and Hindi भाई (bhāī).

• (Goud Saraswat) IPA^(key): [bʱɑːʋ]
• (Roman Catholic) IPA^(key): [bɑːʋ]

भाव • (bhāv) (Latin script bav, Kannada script ಭಾವ್)

1. brother

   Synonym: इर्मांव (irmā̃v)

• Madhavi Sardesai (2006) A Comparative Linguistic and Cultural Study of Lexical Influences on Konkani‎^[1], Goa University (doctoral thesis)

भाव m

1. Devanagari script form of bhāva

From भू (bhū, “to be; to become”, root) +‎ -अ (-a, nominalization suffix) with vṛddhi and internal sandhi.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɑː.ʋɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱɑː.ʋɐ/

भाव • (bhāvá) stem, m

1. becoming; being, existing, occurring, appearance
2. turning or transition into
3. continuance (opposite to cessation)
4. state; condition; rank
   • c. 1 CE – 200 CE, Vimalakīrtinirdeśa 6.14:

     परिपूर्णानि मे द्वादशवर्षान्य् उपादाय स्त्रीभावं पर्येशमाणाया न चैनं लभे ।

     paripūrṇāni me dvādaśavarṣāny upādāya strībhāvaṃ paryeśamāṇāyā na cainaṃ labhe.

     I've spent all these twelve years searching for my feminity ("womanhood; woman-ness") but I haven't obtained it.

5. true condition or state; truth; reality (as the first component in a compound)

   भावेन ― bhāvena ― (indeclinable) really, truly

6. manner of being; nature; temperament; character

   भावो भावं निगच्छति ― bhāvo bhāvaṃ nigacchati ― birds of a feather flock together

7. manner of acting; conduct; behaviour
8. any state of mind or body; way of thinking or feeling; sentiment; opinion; disposition; intention
9. (rhetoric) passion; emotion
10. conjecture; supposition
11. purport; meaning, sense

    इति भावः ― iti bhāvaḥ ― such is the sense (often used at the end of commentaries)

12. love; affection; attachment
13. the seat of the feelings or affections; heart; soul; mind
14. that which is or exists; thing or substance; being or living creature
15. (drama) a discreet or learned man (as a term of address)
16. (astronomy) the state or condition of a planet
17. (astrology) an astrological house or lunar mansion
18. name of the 27th kalpa
19. name of the 8th (42nd) year in Jupiter's cycle of 60 years
20. (grammar) the fundamental notion of the verb; the sense conveyed by the abstract noun (the impersonal sense conveyed by the verb)

• → Lao: ພາບ (phāp)
• → Malay: bahawa
  • Indonesian: bahwa
• Sinhalese: බව (bawa)
• → Tamil: பாவம் (pāvam)
• → Thai: ภาพ (pâap)

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “भावः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Monier Williams (1899) “भाव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 754/2.