भीत
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /bʱiːt̪/
Etymology 1
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀪𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (bhitti), from Sanskrit भित्ति (bhitti). Cognate with Bengali ভিত (bhito). Doublet of भित्ति (bhitti).
Noun
भीत • (bhīt) f (Urdu spelling بھیت)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | भीत bhīt |
भीतें bhītẽ |
| oblique | भीत bhīt |
भीतों bhītõ |
| vocative | भीत bhīt |
भीतो bhīto |
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भीत (bhīta).
Adjective
भीत • (bhīt) (indeclinable)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भीत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ভীত (Assamese script)
- ᬪᬷᬢ (Balinese script)
- ভীত (Bengali script)
- 𑰥𑰱𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀪𑀻𑀢 (Brahmi script)
- ဘီတ (Burmese script)
- ભીત (Gujarati script)
- ਭੀਤ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌭𑍀𑌤 (Grantha script)
- ꦨꦷꦠ (Javanese script)
- 𑂦𑂲𑂞 (Kaithi script)
- ಭೀತ (Kannada script)
- ភីត (Khmer script)
- ຠີຕ (Lao script)
- ഭീത (Malayalam script)
- ᢨᡳᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘥𑘲𑘝 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠾᠢᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧅𑧓𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐨𑐷𑐟 (Newa script)
- ଭୀତ (Odia script)
- ꢩꢷꢡ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆨𑆵𑆠 (Sharada script)
- 𑖥𑖱𑖝 (Siddham script)
- භීත (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩳𑩑𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚡𑚯𑚙 (Takri script)
- பீ⁴த (Tamil script)
- భీత (Telugu script)
- ภีต (Thai script)
- བྷཱི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒦𑒲𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨡𑨁𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square 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 Sanskrit) IPA(key): /bʱiː.t̪ɐ/
Adjective
भीत • (bhītá) stem
- frightened, scared, terrified, afraid
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 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
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | भीतः (bhītáḥ) | भीतौ (bhītaú) भीता¹ (bhītā́¹) |
भीताः (bhītā́ḥ) भीतासः¹ (bhītā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | भीतम् (bhītám) | भीतौ (bhītaú) भीता¹ (bhītā́¹) |
भीतान् (bhītā́n) |
| instrumental | भीतेन (bhīténa) | भीताभ्याम् (bhītā́bhyām) | भीतैः (bhītaíḥ) भीतेभिः¹ (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) |
| vocative | भीत (bhī́ta) | भीतौ (bhī́tau) भीता¹ (bhī́tā¹) |
भीताः (bhī́tāḥ) भीतासः¹ (bhī́tāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | भीता (bhītā́) | भीते (bhīté) | भीताः (bhītā́ḥ) |
| accusative | भीताम् (bhītā́m) | भीते (bhīté) | भीताः (bhītā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | भीतया (bhītáyā) भीता¹ (bhītā́¹) |
भीताभ्याम् (bhītā́bhyām) | भीताभिः (bhītā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | भीतायै (bhītā́yai) | भीताभ्याम् (bhītā́bhyām) | भीताभ्यः (bhītā́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | भीतायाः (bhītā́yāḥ) भीतायै² (bhītā́yai²) |
भीताभ्याम् (bhītā́bhyām) | भीताभ्यः (bhītā́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | भीतायाः (bhītā́yāḥ) भीतायै² (bhītā́yai²) |
भीतयोः (bhītáyoḥ) | भीतानाम् (bhītā́nām) |
| locative | भीतायाम् (bhītā́yām) | भीतयोः (bhītáyoḥ) | भीतासु (bhītā́su) |
| vocative | भीते (bhī́te) | भीते (bhī́te) | भीताः (bhī́tāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | भीतम् (bhītám) | भीते (bhīté) | भीतानि (bhītā́ni) भीता¹ (bhītā́¹) |
| accusative | भीतम् (bhītám) | भीते (bhīté) | भीतानि (bhītā́ni) भीता¹ (bhītā́¹) |
| instrumental | भीतेन (bhīténa) | भीताभ्याम् (bhītā́bhyām) | भीतैः (bhītaíḥ) भीतेभिः¹ (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) |
| vocative | भीत (bhī́ta) | भीते (bhī́te) | भीतानि (bhī́tāni) भीता¹ (bhī́tā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “भीत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 758.