भट

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬪᬝ (Balinese script)
  • ভট (Assamese script)
  • ভট (Bengali script)
  • 𑰥𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀪𑀝 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌭𑌟 (Grantha script)
  • ભટ (Gujarati script)
  • ਭਟ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦨꦛ (Javanese script)
  • ភដ (Khmer script)
  • ಭಟ (Kannada script)
  • ຠຏ (Lao script)
  • ഭട (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘥𑘘 (Modi script)
  • ᠪᠾᠠᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • ᢨᠠᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
  • ဘဋ (Burmese script)
  • 𑧅𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐨𑐚 (Newa script)
  • ଭଟ (Odia script)
  • ꢩꢜ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆨𑆛 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖥𑖘 (Siddham script)
  • භට (Sinhalese script)
  • ப⁴ட (Tamil script)
  • భట (Telugu script)
  • ภฏ (Thai script)
  • བྷ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒦𑒙 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From a late dialectal form of भृत (bhṛta, “borne, carried; acquired; hired, paid (as a servant)”), from the root भृ (bhṛ, “to bear, carry”).

Pronunciation

Noun

भट • (bhaṭa) stem, m

  1. a mercenary, hired soldier, warrior, combatant
  2. a servant, slave
  3. a humpback

Declension

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Descendants
  • Malayalam: ഭടൻ (bhaṭaṉ)
  • Telugu: భటుడు (bhaṭuḍu), బంటు (baṇṭu)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899), “भट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 745/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 361
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