As a Hindi name
भवत् · noun · masculine
भूमि । जमीन · विष्णु — Śabdasāgara
भवत् · adj
मान्य । पूज्य — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
your honour, your worship, your lordship or ladyship, you (lit. ‘the gentleman or lady present’; cf. atra- and tatra-bh˚; used respectfully for the 2nd pers. pron., but properly wi…
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M3 · meaning shifts "bhavat" is derived from "bha" with the matup suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. bha aspirate of ba.
2. bha (in gram.) N. of the weakest base of nouns (as opp. to pada and aṅga, q.v.) i.e. of the base before the vowel terminations except in strong cases, before feminine suffixes, and before Taddhitas beginning with vowels or y, Pāṇ. i, 4, 18 &c.
bhavat mf(antī)n. being, present, RV. &c. &c.
bhavat m. f., (nom. bhavān, ˚vatī; voc. bhavan or bhos, q.v.; f. ˚vati; cf. Mn. ii, 49) your honour, your worship, your lordship or ladyship, you (lit. ‘the gentleman or lady present’; cf. atra- and tatra-bh˚; used respectfully for the 2nd pers. pron., but properly with the 3rd and only exceptionally with the 2nd pers. of the verb, e.g. bhavān dadātu, ‘let your highness give’; sometimes in pl. to express greater courtesy, e.g. bhavantaḥ pramāṇam, ‘your honour is an authority’), ŚBr. &c.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine and the masculine — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
bhavat mf(antī)n. being, present, RV. &c. &c.
bhavat m. f., (nom. bhavān, ˚vatī; voc. bhavan or bhos, q.v.; f. ˚vati; cf. Mn. ii, 49) your honour, your worship, your lordship or ladyship, you (lit. ‘the gentleman or lady present’; cf. atra- and tatra-bh˚; used respectfully for the 2nd pers. pron., but properly with the 3rd and only exceptionally with the 2nd pers. of the verb, e.g. bhavān dadātu, ‘let your highness give’; sometimes in pl. to express greater courtesy, e.g. bhavantaḥ pramāṇam, ‘your honour is an authority’), ŚBr. &c.
bha˚vat &c. See p. 748 &c.
bhavat a. (ntī f.) 1 Being, becoming, happening. 2 Present; samatītaṃ ca bhavacca bhāvi ca R. 8. 78. — pron. a. (tī f.) A respectful or honorific pronoun, translated by ‘your honour,’ ‘your lordship, worship or highness’; (oft. used in the sense of the second personal pronoun, but with the third person of the verb); athavā kathaṃ bhavān manyate M. 1; bhavaṃta eva jānaṃti raghūṇāṃ ca kulasthitiṃ U. 5. 23; R. 2. 40, 3. 48; 5. 16. It is often joined to atra or tatra (see the words), and sometimes to sa also; yanmāṃ vidheyaviṣaye sabhavānniyuṃkte Māl. 1. 9.
bhavat mfn. (-vān-vatī-vat) Thou; but used as a respectful term of address, as Sir or Lord, and governing the verb in the third person. E. bhā to shine, ḍavatupa Uṇādi aff. mfn. (-van-vantī-vat) Being, existing. f. (-ntī) A poisoned arrow. E. bhṛ to be, participial aff. śatṛ.
1. bha aspirate of ba.
2. bha (in gram.) N. of the weakest base of nouns (as opp. to pada and aṅga, q.v.) i.e. of the base before the vowel terminations except in strong cases, before feminine suffixes, and before Taddhitas beginning with vowels or y, Pāṇ. i, 4, 18 &c.
Alternative readings
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