भरत

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भरत (bharata).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʱə.ɾət̪/

Proper noun

भरत • (bharat) m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Bharat, famously held by:
   1. Bharata, founder of the Bhārata dynasty
   2. Bharata, younger brother of Rama

Noun

भरत • (bharata) m

1. actor, dancer, tumbler

Proper noun

भरत • (bharata) m

1. (historical) Bharata (name of a celebrated hero and monarch of India (son of Dushyant and Shakuntala))
2. (Hinduism) Name of a son of Dasharatha, younger brother of Rāma in Ramayana.

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0747