भीत

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʱiːt̪/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀪𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (bhitti), from Sanskrit भित्ति (bhitti). Cognate with Bengali ভিত (bhito). Doublet of भित्ति (bhitti).

Noun

भीत • (bhīt) f (Urdu spelling بھیت)

1. wall, partition

   Synonyms: भित्ति (bhitti), दीवार (dīvār)

Declension

Declension of भीत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	भीत bhīt	भीतें bhītẽ
oblique	भीत bhīt	भीतों bhītõ
vocative	भीत bhīt	भीतो bhīto

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भीत (bhīta).

Adjective

भीत • (bhīt) (indeclinable)

1. frightened, afraid

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भीत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভীত (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬷᬢ (Balinese script)
• ভীত (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰱𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀻𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• ဘီတ (Burmese script)
• ભીત (Gujarati script)
• ਭੀਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑍀𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦷꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂲𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ಭೀತ (Kannada script)
• ភីត (Khmer script)
• ຠີຕ (Lao script)
• ഭീത (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᡳᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘲𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠢᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧓𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐷𑐟 (Newa script)
• ଭୀତ (Odia script)
• ꢩꢷꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆵𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖱𑖝 (Siddham script)
• භීත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩑𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚯𑚙 (Takri script)
• பீ⁴த (Tamil script)
• భీత (Telugu script)
• ภีต (Thai script)
• བྷཱི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒲𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨁𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰih₂-tó-s, from *bʰeyh₂- (“to fear”). See भय (bhaya) for cognates. Equivalent to भी (bhī, root) +‎ -त (-ta).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱiː.tɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱiː.t̪ɐ/

Adjective

भीत • (bhītá) stem

1. frightened, scared, terrified, afraid
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.32.14:

     अहे॑र्या॒तारं॒ कम॑पश्य इंद्र हृ॒दि यत्ते॑ ज॒घ्नुषो॒ भीरग॑च्छत् ।
     नव॑ च॒ यन्न॑व॒तिं च॒ स्रवं॑तीः श्ये॒नो न भी॒तो अत॑रो॒ रजां॑सि ॥

     áheryātā́ram kámapaśya indra hṛdí yátte jaghnúṣo bhī́rágacchat
     náva ca yánnavatím ca srávantīḥ śyenó ná bhītó átaro rájāṃsi

     Whom did you see, O Indra, after you had killed the Dragon that your heart was filled with fear
     That you crossed the ninety nine streams and the regions like a frightened hawk?

2. timid
3. (in compounds) anxious about

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of भीत

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	भीतः (bhītáḥ)	भीतौ (bhītaú) भीता¹ (bhītā́¹)	भीताः (bhītā́ḥ) भीतासः¹ (bhītā́saḥ¹)
vocative	भीत (bhī́ta)	भीतौ (bhī́tau) भीता¹ (bhī́tā¹)	भीताः (bhī́tāḥ) भीतासः¹ (bhī́tāsaḥ¹)
accusative	भीतम् (bhītám)	भीतौ (bhītaú) भीता¹ (bhītā́¹)	भीतान् (bhītā́n)
instrumental	भीतेन (bhīténa)	भीताभ्याम् (bhītā́bhyām)	भीतैः (bhītaíḥ) भीतेभिः¹ (bhītébhiḥ¹)
dative	भीताय (bhītā́ya)	भीताभ्याम् (bhītā́bhyām)	भीतेभ्यः (bhītébhyaḥ)
ablative	भीतात् (bhītā́t)	भीताभ्याम् (bhītā́bhyām)	भीतेभ्यः (bhītébhyaḥ)
genitive	भीतस्य (bhītásya)	भीतयोः (bhītáyoḥ)	भीतानाम् (bhītā́nām)
locative	भीते (bhīté)	भीतयोः (bhītáyoḥ)	भीतेषु (bhītéṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of भीता

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	भीता (bhītā́)	भीते (bhīté)	भीताः (bhītā́ḥ)
vocative	भीते (bhī́te)	भीते (bhī́te)	भीताः (bhī́tāḥ)
accusative	भीताम् (bhītā́m)	भीते (bhīté)	भीताः (bhītā́ḥ)
instrumental	भीतया (bhītáyā) भीता¹ (bhītā́¹)	भीताभ्याम् (bhītā́bhyām)	भीताभिः (bhītā́bhiḥ)
dative	भीतायै (bhītā́yai)	भीताभ्याम् (bhītā́bhyām)	भीताभ्यः (bhītā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	भीतायाः (bhītā́yāḥ) भीतायै² (bhītā́yai²)	भीताभ्याम् (bhītā́bhyām)	भीताभ्यः (bhītā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	भीतायाः (bhītā́yāḥ) भीतायै² (bhītā́yai²)	भीतयोः (bhītáyoḥ)	भीतानाम् (bhītā́nām)
locative	भीतायाम् (bhītā́yām)	भीतयोः (bhītáyoḥ)	भीतासु (bhītā́su)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of भीत

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	भीतम् (bhītám)	भीते (bhīté)	भीतानि (bhītā́ni) भीता¹ (bhītā́¹)
vocative	भीत (bhī́ta)	भीते (bhī́te)	भीतानि (bhī́tāni) भीता¹ (bhī́tā¹)
accusative	भीतम् (bhītám)	भीते (bhīté)	भीतानि (bhītā́ni) भीता¹ (bhītā́¹)
instrumental	भीतेन (bhīténa)	भीताभ्याम् (bhītā́bhyām)	भीतैः (bhītaíḥ) भीतेभिः¹ (bhītébhiḥ¹)
dative	भीताय (bhītā́ya)	भीताभ्याम् (bhītā́bhyām)	भीतेभ्यः (bhītébhyaḥ)
ablative	भीतात् (bhītā́t)	भीताभ्याम् (bhītā́bhyām)	भीतेभ्यः (bhītébhyaḥ)
genitive	भीतस्य (bhītásya)	भीतयोः (bhītáyoḥ)	भीतानाम् (bhītā́nām)
locative	भीते (bhīté)	भीतयोः (bhītáyoḥ)	भीतेषु (bhītéṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Gandhari: 𐨧𐨁𐨡 (bhida)
• Pali: bhīta
• Bengali: ভীত (bhit)
• Prakrit: 𑀪𑀻𑀅 (bhīa)
• ⇒ Hindi: भयभीत (bhaybhīt)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “भीत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 758.