भारत

Etymology

From Sanskrit भारत (bhā́rata).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʱɑː.ɾət̪/

Proper noun

भारत • (bhārat) m (Urdu spelling بھارت‎)

1. India

   Synonyms: इंडिया (iṇḍiyā), हिंदुस्तान (hindustān), भारतवर्ष (bhāratvarṣ)

   Hypernyms: दक्षिण एशिया (dakṣiṇ eśiyā), एशिया (eśiyā)

Proper noun

भारत (transliteration needed) (Latin script Bharot, Kannada script ?)

1. India

Etymology

From Sanskrit भारत (bhā́rata).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʱaːrət̪]

Proper noun

भारत • (bhārat)

1. India

Proper noun

भारत • (bhārat)

1. India

Adjective

भारत • (bhā́rata)

1. descended from भरत (bharata) or the Bhāratas (applied to Agni either "sprung from the priests called Bharatas" or "bearer of the oblation")
2. belonging or relating to the Bharatas
   1. (with युद्ध (yuddha), संग्राम (saṃgrāma), समर (samara), समिति (samiti)) the war or battle of the bharatas
   2. (with or scil. आख्यान (ākhyāna) with इतिहास (itihāsa) and कथा (kathā)) the story of the Bharatas, the history or narrative of their war
   3. (with or scil. मण्डल (maṇḍala) or वर्ष (varṣa)) "king Bharatas's realm" i.e. India
3. inhabiting भरतवर्ष (bharata-varṣa) i.e. India; Indic

Noun

भारत • (bhā́rata) m

1. a descendant of Bharata (also in pl. for Bharatās)
2. (with अश्वमेध (aśva-medha)), name of the author of Rigveda V, 27
3. (with देववात (deva-vāta) and देवश्रवस् (deva-śravas)), name of the authors of Rigveda III, 23
4. fire
5. an actor (compare भरत (bharata))
6. name of the sun shining on the south of मेरु (meru)

Noun

भारत • (bhā́rata) n

1. the land of Bharatas i.e. India (compare above)
2. the story of the Bharatas and their wars (sometimes identified with the महाभारत (mahā-bhārata), and sometimes distinguished from it)
3. (with सरस् (saras)) name of a lake

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 0753