As a Hindi name
भाना
to be liked, seem good; to suit, become, be acceptable
Śabdasāgara also records: दीप्ति । चमक । प्रकाश · शोभा । छटा । छवि
Cited formation "भा" is भ + -आ: भ means "the twenty-fourth consonant in Hindi", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "भा" is भ + -आ: भ means "the twenty-fourth consonant in Hindi", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit भाति — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀪𑀸𑀤𑀺 (bhādi), from Sanskrit भाति (bhā́ti, “to shine, gleam”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰáHti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂-ti. Cognate to Marathi भावणे (bhāvṇe), Gujarati ભાવવું (bhāvvũ).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
bhāti f. light, splendour, BhP.
evidence, perception, knowledge, ib.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
light or a beam of l˚, lustre, splendour, &c. (cf. 2. bhā)
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M1 · same meaning "bhā" is the nominative of "bhūman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "bhā" is the nominative of "bhan" — the same word in a different grammatical case, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
M1 · same meaning "bhā" is the nominative of "bhṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
Related forms
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine and the masculine — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
bhā f. (ā) light or a beam of l˚, lustre, splendour, MBh.; Hariv.; Var. &c. (cf. 2. bhā)
the shadow of a gnomon, Sūryas.
appearance, resemblance, likeness (ifc.; cf. agni-bha, guḍa-bhā, tantu-bha)
1. bhā cl. 2. P. (Dhātup. xxiv, 43) bhāti (pr. p. bhāt f. bhāntī or bhātī, Vop.; Pot. bhāyāt, TBr.; pl. babhau, Mn.; MBh. &c.; aor. abhāsīt Gr. Bhaṭṭ.; fut. bhāsyati, Br. &c.), to shine, be bright or luminous, RV. &c. &c.; to shine forth, appear, show one's self, ib.; to be splendid or beautiful or eminent, MBh.; Kāv. &c. (with na, to cut a poor figure, Kathās.); to appear as, seem, look like, pass for (nom. with or without iva adv. in vat), MBh.; Kāv. &c.; to be, exist, W.; to show, exhibit, manifest, Bhaṭṭ. (v.l.) : Pass. bhāyate, impers. radiance is put forth by (instr.), Bhaṭṭ. : Caus. bhāpayate; aor. abībhapat Gr.: Desid. bibhāsati, ib. : Intens. bābhāyate, bābheti, bābhāti, ib.
bhā [cf. √ bhan, bhāṣ, bhās; Gk. ϕημί, ϕάσκω; Lat. fāri &c.; Germ. Bann; Eng. ban.]
bhūman n. the earth, world, RV.; AV.
a territory, country, district, ĀśvGṛ.
bhan cl. 1. P. bhanati (prob. connected with √ bhā; cf. the later form bhaṇ), to sound, resound, call aloud, speak, declare, RV. (= arcati, Naigh. iii, 14).
bhan 1 P. (bhanati) 1 To worship. 2 To cry, shout, resound.
1. bhṛ cl. 1. P. Ā. (Dhātup. xxii, 1) bharati, ˚te; cl. 3. P. Ā. (xxv, 5) bibharti (bibharti only, RV. iv, 50, 7), bibhṛte; cl. 2. P. bharti, RV. i, 173, 6. (p. P. bibhrat, q.v.; Ā. bibhrāṇa with act. meaning, Ragh., bibhramāṇa with pass. m˚, RV.; pf. jabhāra, jabharat; jabhre, ajabhartana, ib.; babhāra, babhṛma, Br. &c.; p. babhrāṇa with pass. meaning, RV.; bibharāmbabhūva, Ragh., ˚rām-āsa, Bhaṭṭ.; aor. abhār, RV.; bhartam, bhṛtam, Br.; abhṛta Gr.; abhārṣam Subj. bharṣat, RV.; abhāriṣam, AV.; Prec. bhriyāsam, ˚yāt, Br.; fut. bhariṣyati cond. abhariṣyat, RV.; bhartā, ŚBr.; inf. bhartum, bhartave, bhartavai, Ved.; bharadhyai, RV.; ind.p. -bhṛtya, ib. &c.), to bear, carry, convey, hold (‘on’ or ‘in’ loc.), RV. &c. &c.; to wear i.e. let grow (hair, beard, nails), Mn.; MBh. &c.; to balance, hold in equipoise (as a pair of scales), Viṣṇ.; to bear i.e. contain, possess, have, keep (also ‘keep in mind’), RV. &c. &c.; to support, maintain, cherish, foster, ib.; to hire, pay, MBh.; to carry off or along (Ā. bharate, ‘for one's self’ i.e. gain, obtain, or = ferri ‘to be borne along’), RV.; AV.; to bring, offer, procure, grant, bestow, RV. &c. &c.; to endure, experience, suffer, undergo, ib.; to lift up, raise (the voice or a sound; Ā. bharate, also ‘to rise, be heard’), RV.; to fill (the stomach), Pañcat.; (with garbham) to conceive, become pregnant (cf. under √ dhṛ), RV.; (with kṣitim) to take care of, rule, govern, Rājat.; (with, ājñām) to submit to, obey, ib.; (with ūrjām) to exert, employ, Bhaṭṭ. : Pass. bhriyate (ep. also ˚ti; aor. abhāri), to be borne &c., RV. &c. &c.: Caus. bhārayati (aor. abībharat), to cause to bear &c.; to engage for hire, MBh. : Desid. bubhūrṣati (ŚBr.; MārkP.), bibhariṣati (Pāṇ. vii, 2, 49), to wish to bear or support or maintain: Intens. baribharti (3. pl. ˚bhrati, RV., where also 2. du. jarbhṛtaḥ), barībharti (Kāv.), to bear repeatedly or continually, carry hither and thither.
bhṛ [cf. Zd. bar; Gk. ϕέρω; Lat. fero; Slav. brati; Goth. baíran; Germ. beran, ge-bären; Eng. bear.]
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