Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Noun edit

भट (bhaṭa) stemm

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

Declension edit

Masculine a-stem declension of भट (bhaṭa)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative भटः
bhaṭaḥ
भटौ / भटा¹
bhaṭau / bhaṭā¹
भटाः / भटासः¹
bhaṭāḥ / bhaṭāsaḥ¹
Vocative भट
bhaṭa
भटौ / भटा¹
bhaṭau / bhaṭā¹
भटाः / भटासः¹
bhaṭāḥ / bhaṭāsaḥ¹
Accusative भटम्
bhaṭam
भटौ / भटा¹
bhaṭau / bhaṭā¹
भटान्
bhaṭān
Instrumental भटेन
bhaṭena
भटाभ्याम्
bhaṭābhyām
भटैः / भटेभिः¹
bhaṭaiḥ / bhaṭebhiḥ¹
Dative भटाय
bhaṭāya
भटाभ्याम्
bhaṭābhyām
भटेभ्यः
bhaṭebhyaḥ
Ablative भटात्
bhaṭāt
भटाभ्याम्
bhaṭābhyām
भटेभ्यः
bhaṭebhyaḥ
Genitive भटस्य
bhaṭasya
भटयोः
bhaṭayoḥ
भटानाम्
bhaṭānām
Locative भटे
bhaṭe
भटयोः
bhaṭayoḥ
भटेषु
bhaṭeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants edit

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

References edit

  • 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]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 361