भीति

See also: भृति, भूत, भींत, and भाति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভীতি (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬷᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• ভীতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰱𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀻𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဘီတိ (Burmese script)
• ભીતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਭੀਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑍀𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦷꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂲𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಭೀತಿ (Kannada script)
• ភីតិ (Khmer script)
• ຠີຕິ (Lao script)
• ഭീതി (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᡳᡳᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘲𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠢᠢᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧓𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐷𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଭୀତି (Odia script)
• ꢩꢷꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆵𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖱𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• භීති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩑𑩛𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚯𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• பீ⁴தி (Tamil script)
• భీతి (Telugu script)
• ภีติ (Thai script)
• བྷཱི་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒲𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨁𑨊𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root भी (bhī) +‎ -ति (-ti).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱiː.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱiː.t̪i/

Noun

भीति • (bhīti) stem, f

1. fear
2. alarm
3. dread
4. danger

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of भीति

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	भीतिः (bhītiḥ)	भीती (bhītī)	भीतयः (bhītayaḥ)
accusative	भीतिम् (bhītim)	भीती (bhītī)	भीतीः (bhītīḥ)
instrumental	भीत्या (bhītyā) भीती¹ (bhītī¹)	भीतिभ्याम् (bhītibhyām)	भीतिभिः (bhītibhiḥ)
dative	भीतये (bhītaye) भीत्यै² (bhītyai²) भीती¹ (bhītī¹)	भीतिभ्याम् (bhītibhyām)	भीतिभ्यः (bhītibhyaḥ)
ablative	भीतेः (bhīteḥ) भीत्याः² (bhītyāḥ²) भीत्यै³ (bhītyai³)	भीतिभ्याम् (bhītibhyām)	भीतिभ्यः (bhītibhyaḥ)
genitive	भीतेः (bhīteḥ) भीत्याः² (bhītyāḥ²) भीत्यै³ (bhītyai³)	भीत्योः (bhītyoḥ)	भीतीनाम् (bhītīnām)
locative	भीतौ (bhītau) भीत्याम्² (bhītyām²) भीता¹ (bhītā¹)	भीत्योः (bhītyoḥ)	भीतिषु (bhītiṣu)
vocative	भीते (bhīte)	भीती (bhītī)	भीतयः (bhītayaḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Later Sanskrit
• ³Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• → Malayalam: ഭീതി (bhīti) (learned)
• → Marathi: भीती (bhītī) (learned)
• → Tamil: பீதி (pīti) (learned)
• → Telugu: భీతి (bhīti) (learned)

References

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “bhīti”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Monier Williams (1899) “भीति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0758.