भवति

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• bhavati (Latin script)
• 𑀪𑀯𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ভৰতি (Bengali script)
• භවති (Sinhalese script)
• ဘဝတိ or ꧤဝတိ (Burmese script)
• ภวติ or ภะวะติ (Thai script)
• ᨽᩅᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ຠວຕິ or ຠະວະຕິ or ພະວະຕິ (Lao script)
• ភវតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄞𑅇𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Verb

भवति (root bhū, first conjugation)

1. Devanagari script form of bhavati (“to become”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "भवति"

	Active		Middle
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Present
1st	भवामि (bhavāmi)	भवाम (bhavāma)	भवे (bhave)	भवाम्हे (bhavāmhe)
2nd	भवसि (bhavasi)	भवथ (bhavatha)	भवसे (bhavase)	भवव्हे (bhavavhe)
3rd	भवति (bhavati)	भवन्ति (bhavanti)	भवते (bhavate)	भवन्ते (bhavante) or भवरे (bhavare)
Imperfect
1st	अभव (abhava) or अभवं (abhavaṃ) or भव (bhava) or भवं (bhavaṃ)	अभवम्हा (abhavamhā) or भवम्हा (bhavamhā)	अभविं (abhaviṃ) or भविं (bhaviṃ)	अभवाम्हसे (abhavāmhase) or अभवम्हसे (abhavamhase) or भवाम्हसे (bhavāmhase) or भवम्हसे (bhavamhase)
2nd	अभवो (abhavo) or भवो (bhavo)	अभवत्थ (abhavattha) or भवत्थ (bhavattha)	अभवसे (abhavase) or भवसे (bhavase)	अभवव्हं (abhavavhaṃ) or भवव्हं (bhavavhaṃ)
3rd	अभव (abhava) or अभवा (abhavā) or भव (bhava) or भवा (bhavā)	अभवु (abhavu) or अभवू (abhavū) or भवु (bhavu) or भवू (bhavū)	अभवत्थ (abhavattha) or भवत्थ (bhavattha)	अभवत्थुं (abhavatthuṃ) or भवत्थुं (bhavatthuṃ)
Imperative
1st	भवामि (bhavāmi)	भवाम (bhavāma)	भवे (bhave)	भवामसे (bhavāmase)
2nd	भव (bhava) or भवाहि (bhavāhi)	भवथ (bhavatha)	भवस्सु (bhavassu)	भवव्हो (bhavavho)
3rd	भवतु (bhavatu)	भवन्तु (bhavantu)	भवतं (bhavataṃ)	भवन्तं (bhavantaṃ)
Optative
1st	भवेय्यामि (bhaveyyāmi) or भवेय्यं (bhaveyyaṃ) or भवे (bhave)	भवेय्याम (bhaveyyāma)	भवेय्यं (bhaveyyaṃ)	भवेय्याम्हे (bhaveyyāmhe)
2nd	भवेय्यासि (bhaveyyāsi) or भवे (bhave)	भवेय्याथ (bhaveyyātha)	भवेथो (bhavetho)	भवेय्यव्हो (bhaveyyavho)
3rd	भवेय्य (bhaveyya) or भवे (bhave)	भवेय्युं (bhaveyyuṃ)	भवेथ (bhavetha)	भवेरं (bhaveraṃ)

• Present active participle: भवन्त् (bhavant), which see for forms and usage
• Present middle participle: भवमान (bhavamāna), which see for forms and usage
• Past participle: भूत (bhūta), which see for forms and usage

Adjective

भवति (bhavati)

1. Devanagari script form of bhavati, which is masculine/neuter locative singular of भवन्त् (bhavant), present participle of the verb above

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ᬪᬯᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• ভৱতি (Assamese script)
• ভবতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰪𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀯𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌭𑌵𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ભવતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਭਵਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦨꦮꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• ភវតិ (Khmer script)
• ಭವತಿ (Kannada script)
• ຠວຕິ (Lao script)
• ഭവതി (Malayalam script)
• 𑘥𑘪𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠠᠸᠠᢐᢈ (Mongolian script)
• ᢨᠠᠸᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• ဘဝတိ (Burmese script)
• 𑧅𑧊𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐰𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଭଵତି (Oriya script)
• ꢩꢮꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆮𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖪𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• භවති (Sinhalese script)
• భవతి (Telugu script)
• ภวติ (Thai script)
• བྷ་ཝ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒫𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰáwHati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéwH-e-ti, an innovated verb stem derived from *bʰuH- (“to appear, become, rise up”).

Cognate with Ancient Greek φύω (phúō), Avestan 𐬠𐬎‎ (bu), Latin fuī, Old English bēon (whence English be).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐ́.ʋɐ.ti/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱɐ.ʋɐ.t̪i/

Verb

भवति • (bhávati) (root भू, class 1, type P)

1. to become; be

   संस्कृते त्रीणि वचनानि भवन्ति।

   saṃskṛte trīṇi vacanāni bhavanti.

   There are three grammatical numbers in Sanskrit.

   Synonym: अस्ति (asti)

2. to happen
3. to constitute

Conjugation

Forms of Sanskrit verbs are numerous and complicated. The following conjugation shows only a subset of all forms and should be treated as a guide.

Nonfinite Forms: भवितुम् (bhávitum)
	Undeclinable
Infinitive	भवितुम् bhávitum
Gerund	भूत्वा bhūtvā́
	Participles
Masculine/Neuter Gerundive	भव्य / भवितव्य bhavya / bhavitavya
Feminine Gerundive	भव्या / भवितव्या bhavyā / bhavitavyā
Masculine/Neuter Past Passive Participle	भूत bhūtá
Feminine Past Passive Participle	भूता bhūtā́
Masculine/Neuter Past Active Participle	भूतवत् bhūtávat
Feminine Past Active Participle	भूतवती bhūtávatī

Present: भवति (bháváti), भवते (bháváte), भूयते (bhūyáte)
	Active			Middle			Passive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	भवति bháváti	भवतः bhávátaḥ	भवन्ति bhávánti	भवते bháváte	भवेते bhávéte	भवन्ते bhávánte	भूयते bhūyáte	भूयेते bhūyéte	भूयन्ते bhūyánte
Second	भवसि bhávási	भवथः bháváthaḥ	भवथ bhávátha	भवसे bháváse	भवेथे bhávéthe	भवध्वे bhávádhve	भूयसे bhūyáse	भूयेथे bhūyéthe	भूयध्वे bhūyádhve
First	भवामि bhávā́mi	भवावः bhávā́vaḥ	भवामः bhávā́maḥ	भवे bhávé	भवावहे bhávā́vahe	भवामहे bhávā́mahe	भूये bhūyé	भूयावहे bhūyā́vahe	भूयामहे bhūyā́mahe
Imperative
Third	भवतु / भवतात् bhávátu / bhávátāt	भवताम् bhávátām	भवन्तु bhávántu	भवताम् bhávátām	भवेताम् bhávétām	भवन्तम् bhávántam	भूयताम् bhūyátām	भूयेताम् bhūyétām	भूयन्तम् bhūyántam
Second	भव / भवतात् bhává / bhávátāt	भवतम् bhávátam	भवत bháváta	भवस्व bhávásva	भवेथाम् bhávéthām	भवध्वम् bhávádhvam	भूयस्व bhūyásva	भूयेथाम् bhūyéthām	भूयध्वम् bhūyádhvam
First	भवानि bhávā́ni	भवाव bhávā́va	भवाम bhávā́ma	भवै bhávaí	भवावहै bhávā́vahai	भवामहै bhávā́mahai	भूयै bhūyaí	भूयावहै bhūyā́vahai	भूयामहै bhūyā́mahai
Optative/Potential
Third	भवेत् bhávét	भवेताम् bhávétām	भवेयुः bhávéyuḥ	भवेत bhávéta	भवेयाताम् bhávéyātām	भवेरन् bhávéran	भूयेत bhūyéta	भूयेयाताम् bhūyéyātām	भूयेरन् bhūyéran
Second	भवेः bhávéḥ	भवेतम् bhávétam	भवेत bhávéta	भवेथाः bhávéthāḥ	भवेयाथाम् bhávéyāthām	भवेध्वम् bhávédhvam	भूयेथाः bhūyéthāḥ	भूयेयाथाम् bhūyéyāthām	भूयेध्वम् bhūyédhvam
First	भवेयम् bhávéyam	भवेव bhávéva	भवेमः bhávémaḥ	भवेय bhávéya	भवेवहि bhávévahi	भवेमहि bhávémahi	भूयेय bhūyéya	भूयेवहि bhūyévahi	भूयेमहि bhūyémahi
Participles
	भवत् bhávát			भवमान bhávámāna			भूयमान bhūyámāna

Imperfect: अभवत् (ábhavat), अभवत (ábhavata), अभूयत (ábhūyata)
	Active			Middle			Passive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अभवत् ábhavat	अभवताम् ábhavatām	अभवन् ábhavan	अभवत ábhavata	अभवेताम् ábhavetām	अभवन्त ábhavanta	अभूयत ábhūyata	अभूयेताम् ábhūyetām	अभूयन्त ábhūyanta
Second	अभवः ábhavaḥ	अभवतम् ábhavatam	अभवत ábhavata	अभवथाः ábhavathāḥ	अभवेथाम् ábhavethām	अभवध्वम् ábhavadhvam	अभूयथाः ábhūyathāḥ	अभूयेथाम् ábhūyethām	अभूयध्वम् ábhūyadhvam
First	अभवम् ábhavam	अभवाव ábhavāva	अभवाम ábhavāma	अभवे ábhave	अभवावहि ábhavāvahi	अभवामहि ábhavāmahi	अभूये ábhūye	अभूयावहि ábhūyāvahi	अभूयामहि ábhūyāmahi

Future: भविष्यति (bhaviṣyáti), भविष्यते (bhaviṣyáte)
	Active			Middle/Passive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Simple Indicative
Third	भविष्यति bhaviṣyáti	भविष्यतः bhaviṣyátaḥ	भविष्यन्ति bhaviṣyánti	भविष्यते bhaviṣyáte	भविष्येते bhaviṣyéte	भविष्यन्ते bhaviṣyánte
Second	भविष्यसि bhaviṣyási	भविष्यथः bhaviṣyáthaḥ	भविष्यथ bhaviṣyátha	भविष्यसे bhaviṣyáse	भविष्येथे bhaviṣyéthe	भविष्यध्वे bhaviṣyádhve
First	भविष्यामि bhaviṣyā́mi	भविष्यावः bhaviṣyā́vaḥ	भविष्यामः bhaviṣyā́maḥ	भविष्ये bhaviṣyé	भविष्यावहे bhaviṣyā́vahe	भविष्यामहे bhaviṣyā́mahe
Periphrastic Indicative
Third	भविता bhavitā́	भवितारौ bhavitā́rau	भवितारः bhavitā́raḥ	भविता bhavitā́	भवितारौ bhavitā́rau	भवितारः bhavitā́raḥ
Second	भवितासि bhavitā́si	भवितास्थः bhavitā́sthaḥ	भवितास्थ bhavitā́stha	भवितासे bhavitā́se	भवितासाथे bhavitā́sāthe	भविताध्वे bhavitā́dhve
First	भवितास्मि bhavitā́smi	भवितास्वः bhavitā́svaḥ	भवितास्मः bhavitā́smaḥ	भविताहे bhavitā́he	भवितास्वहे bhavitā́svahe	भवितास्महे bhavitā́smahe
Participles
	भविष्यत् bhaviṣyát			भविष्याण bhaviṣyā́ṇa

Conditional: अभविष्यत् (ábhaviṣyat), अभविष्यत (ábhaviṣyata)
	Active			Middle/Passive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अभविष्यत् ábhaviṣyat	अभविष्यताम् ábhaviṣyatām	अभविष्यन् ábhaviṣyan	अभविष्यत ábhaviṣyata	अभविष्येताम् ábhaviṣyetām	अभविष्यन्त ábhaviṣyanta
Second	अभविष्यः ábhaviṣyaḥ	अभविष्यतम् ábhaviṣyatam	अभविष्यत ábhaviṣyata	अभविष्यथाः ábhaviṣyathāḥ	अभविष्येथाम् ábhaviṣyethām	अभविष्यध्वम् ábhaviṣyadhvam
First	अभविष्यम् ábhaviṣyam	अभविष्याव ábhaviṣyāva	अभविष्याम ábhaviṣyāma	अभविष्ये ábhaviṣye	अभविष्यावहि ábhaviṣyāvahi	अभविष्यामहि ábhaviṣyāmahi

Aorist: अभूत् (ábhūt), अभविष्ट (ábhaviṣṭa)
	Active			Middle/Passive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अभूत् ábhūt	अभूताम् ábhūtām	अभुवन् ábhuvan	अभविष्ट ábhaviṣṭa	अभविषाताम् ábhaviṣātām	अभविषत ábhaviṣata
Second	अभूः ábhūḥ	अभूतम् ábhūtam	अभूत ábhūta	अभविष्ठाः ábhaviṣṭhāḥ	अभविषाथाम् ábhaviṣāthām	अभविढ्वम् ábhaviḍhvam
First	अभूवम् ábhūvam	अभूव ábhūva	अभूम ábhūma	अभविषि ábhaviṣi	अभविष्वहि ábhaviṣvahi	अभविष्महि ábhaviṣmahi

Benedictive/Precative: भूयात् (bhūyā́t), भविषीष्ट (bhaviṣīṣṭá)
	Active			Middle/Passive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Optative/Potential
Third	भूयात् bhūyā́t	भूयास्ताम् bhūyā́stām	भूयासुः bhūyā́suḥ	भविषीष्ट bhaviṣīṣṭá	भविषीयास्ताम् bhaviṣīyā́stām	भविषीरन् bhaviṣīrán
Second	भूयाः bhūyā́ḥ	भूयास्तम् bhūyā́stam	भूयास्त bhūyā́sta	भविषीष्ठाः bhaviṣīṣṭhā́ḥ	भविषीयास्थाम् bhaviṣīyā́sthām	भविषीध्वम् bhaviṣīdhvám
First	भूयासम् bhūyā́sam	भूयास्व bhūyā́sva	भूयास्म bhūyā́sma	भविषीय bhaviṣīyá	भविषीवहि bhaviṣīváhi	भविषीमहि bhaviṣīmáhi

Perfect: बभूव (babhū́va), बभूवे (babhū́ve)
	Active			Middle/Passive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	बभूव babhū́va	बभूवतुः babhū́vatuḥ	बभूवुः babhū́vuḥ	बभूवे babhū́ve	बभूवाते babhū́vāte	बभूविरे babhū́vire
Second	बभूविथ babhū́vitha	बभूवथुः babhū́vathuḥ	बभूव babhū́va	बभूविषे babhū́viṣe	बभूवाथे babhū́vāthe	बभूविध्वे babhū́vidhve
First	बभूव babhū́va	बभूविव babhū́viva	बभूविम babhū́vima	बभूवे babhū́ve	बभूविवहे babhū́vivahe	बभूविमाहे babhū́vimāhe
Participles
	बभूविवांस् babhū́vivāṃs			बभूवान babhū́vāna

Descendants

• Pali: bhavati, hoti
• Prakrit: 𑀪𑀯𑀇 (bhavaï), 𑀪𑀯𑀏 (bhavae)
  • Khasa Prakrit:
    • Kumaoni: हुणो (“to be”)
    • Nepali: हुनु (hunu), हो (ho)
    • Western Pahari:
      • Bhadrawahi: भोणू (bhōṇū)
      • Pangwali: भूणा (bhūṇā)
  • Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀳𑁄𑀢𑀺 (hoti)
    • Assamese: হাব (habo), হয় (hoy), হ (ho)
    • Bengali: হওয়া (hoōẇa), হয় (hoẏ)
    • Bihari: होएब
      • Maithili: होएब (hōēb)
    • Oriya: ହେବା (heba)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀳𑁄𑀇 (hoi)
  • Paisaci Prakrit:
    • Punjabi:

      Gurmukhi script: ਹੋਣਾ (hoṇā), ਹੌਣਾ (hauṇā)

      Shahmukhi script: حوݨَا‎ (ḥoṇā), حَوݨَا‎ (ḥauṇā)

      • Lahnda: [script needed] (ho-, “to become, be”)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀪𑁄𑀤𑀺 (bhodi)
    • Old Hindi: अहै (ahai)
      • Hindi: है (hai)
    • Romani: ovel
    • Sindhi: huaṇu (“to be”)

      Devanagari script: हुअणु

      Arabic script: هُاڻُ‎

    • Gujarati: હોય (hoya), હોવું (hovũ)
• Dardic:
  • Ashkun: [script needed] (bōm, “to be”)
  • Dameli: [script needed] (bum)
  • Domaaki: [script needed] (huína, “to become, be”)
  • Gawar-Bati: بو (bō), بم (bima)
  • Indus Kohistani: [script needed] (hō̆-)
  • Kalami: [script needed] (hū-, “to be, become”)
  • Kalasha: [script needed] (hāw-, “to become”)
  • Kashmiri: بۄون‎ (bọwun, “to become”)
  • Khowar: بک‎ (bik, “to become”), بوم‎ (bōm)
  • Phalura: ہن‎ (hinu)
  • Shina: بوک‎ (boĭki̯, “to become”)
    • Kohistani Shina: بون (bōnṷ, “to be”)
  • Shumashti: [script needed] (bo-, “to become”)
  • Torwali: حو‎ (hō)
  • Ushojo: بون (bōn)
  • Wotapuri-Katarqalai: [script needed] (wō-)
• → Proto-Nuristani:
  • Waigali: [script needed] (bū, “to become”)