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)
vocative	भीते (bhīte)	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)

• 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.