भवत्

Sanskrit

Etymology

भू (bhū, “to be”, root) +‎ -वत् (-vat).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐ́.ʋɐt̪/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱɐ.ʋɐt̪/

Pronoun

भवत् • (bhávat) m

thou, your honor, your worship (second-person polite personal pronoun)

Usage notes

Treated grammatically as a third-person singular (or plural, implying even more respect) pronoun. In some New-Indo-Aryan languages आत्मन् (ātman) fulfills the same role.

Related terms

भवति f (bhávati)

Adjective

भवत् • (bhávat)

present, being, existing

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 749

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