Bharat

English

Etymology

Transliteration from Hindustani भारत / بھارَت (bhārat), from Sanskrit भारत (bhārata). Related to Bharata.

Pronunciation

(Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈbʰaːrat̪/
(Western) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːrəθ/, (spelling pronunciation) /-t/

Proper noun

Bharat

(chiefly India, poetic) India: the Republic of India.
Synonyms: Hindustan, India
- [2024 May 4, John Reed, “How to interpret India?”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 9:
  In Why Bharat Matters (“Bharat” is the Modi-favoured Hindi word for India, and he uses it throughout), Jaishankar makes a compelling case that the world needs an economically growing, diplomatically nimble and digitally connected India, not least at a time of US decline.]

Derived terms

Madhya Bharat

Translations

an alternative name of India

Chinese:
Mandarin: (rare) 婆羅多 / 婆罗多 (Póluóduō), 巴拉特 (zh) (Bālātè)
Esperanto: Barato (eo)
Finnish: Bharat (rare)
German: Bharat n
Greek: Βαράτ (Varát)
Indonesian: Barat (id)
Japanese: バーラタ (Bārata) (rare), バーラト (Bārato)
Kashmiri: بارَت (bārat)
Khmer: ភារតៈ (pʰierata’)
Korean: 바라트 (Barateu) (rare), 바랏 (Barat)
Lao: ພະຣະຕະວັດ (pha ra ta wat), ພາລັດ (phā lat)
Malay: Barat
Persian: بهارات (bahârât)
Portuguese: Bharat (pt) m
Punjabi: ਭਾਰਤ (bhārat)
Russian: Бха́ра́т (ru) m (Bxárát) (rare)
Sindhi: ڀارت (bharatu)
Tamil: பாரதம் (ta) (pāratam)
Telugu: భారత (te) (bhārata)
Thai: ภารต (th) (phaarot), ภารัต (th) (phaarat)
Urdu: بھارت (ur) m (bhārat)
Vietnamese: Bà-lạt-đa (婆羅多), Ba Lạt, Ba Đạt, Ba-rát
Western Panjabi: بھارت (bhārt)

India — see India

See also

Bharati braille
Bharatiya
Bharatwasi
Bharat Mata Ki Jai

Anagrams

bharta

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi भारत (bhārat), from Sanskrit भारत (bhārata).

Proper noun

Bharat m

Bharat (poetic name of India)