As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
fearful
Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "bhīmat" is derived from "bhī" with the matup suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. bhī cl. 3. P. (Dhātup. xxv, 2) bibheti (du. bibhītas or bibhitas Pot. bibhīyāt or bibhiyāt, Pāṇ. vi, 4, 115; Pot. 3. pl. bibhyeyuḥ, MBh. xii, 459; impf. 3. pl. abibhayuḥ, Pāṇ. vii, 3, 83, Sch.; ep. also Ā. 1. sg. bibhye and and P. 3. sg. bibhyati pl. bibhyanti; Ved. also cl. 1. Ā. bhayate, and accord, to, Dhātup. xxxiv, 15, cl. 10. P. bhāyayati; pf. bibhāya, 3. pl. bibhyuḥ, RV. &c. &c.; bībhāya, AitBr.; bibhayāṃ cakara, ŚBr. cf. Pāṇ. iii, 1, 39; aor. abhaiṣīt, ˚ṣma, ˚ṣuḥ, RV.; AV. &c., 2. sg. bhaiṣīs, AV., bhais, Br. &c., esp. in mā bhais, ‘do not be afraid’; once for pl. = mā bhaiṣṭa, R. i, 55, 25; bhes, Br.; bhema, RV., p. Ā. bhiyāna, ib.; fut. bhetā Gr.; cond. abheṣyat, ŚBr.; inf. bhiyase, RV.; bhetum, MBh. &c.), to fear, be afraid of (abl. or gen., rarely instr. or acc.), RV. &c. &c.; to fear for, be anxious about (abl.), R. : Pass. bhīyate, aor., abhāyi Gr.: Caus. bhīṣayate (ŚBr. &c.; cf. Pāṇ. i, 3, 68), bhīṣayati (MBh.; once mc. bhiṣ˚, BhP.; p. bhīṣayāṇa, MBh.; aor. bībhiṣaḥ, TS., ˚ṣathāḥ, RV.), bhāyayati, ˚te (Pāṇ. i, 3, 68, Sch.; Pot. bhāyayes, Megh. 61; v.l. bhīṣayes; aor. bībhayat, abībhayanta, RV.; ind.p. -bhāyya, Br.), bhāpayate (Pāṇ. vi, 1, 56, Sch.), to terrify, put in a fright, intimidate, RV. &c. &c.: Desid. bibhīṣati Gr.: Intens. bebhīyate, bebhayīti, bebheti, ib.
bhī [cf. √ bhyas; Lith. bijótis; Slav. bojati; Germ. biben, beben.]
bhī—mat mfn. fearful, Nalod.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
bhī—mat mfn. fearful, Nalod.
1. bhī cl. 3. P. (Dhātup. xxv, 2) bibheti (du. bibhītas or bibhitas Pot. bibhīyāt or bibhiyāt, Pāṇ. vi, 4, 115; Pot. 3. pl. bibhyeyuḥ, MBh. xii, 459; impf. 3. pl. abibhayuḥ, Pāṇ. vii, 3, 83, Sch.; ep. also Ā. 1. sg. bibhye and and P. 3. sg. bibhyati pl. bibhyanti; Ved. also cl. 1. Ā. bhayate, and accord, to, Dhātup. xxxiv, 15, cl. 10. P. bhāyayati; pf. bibhāya, 3. pl. bibhyuḥ, RV. &c. &c.; bībhāya, AitBr.; bibhayāṃ cakara, ŚBr. cf. Pāṇ. iii, 1, 39; aor. abhaiṣīt, ˚ṣma, ˚ṣuḥ, RV.; AV. &c., 2. sg. bhaiṣīs, AV., bhais, Br. &c., esp. in mā bhais, ‘do not be afraid’; once for pl. = mā bhaiṣṭa, R. i, 55, 25; bhes, Br.; bhema, RV., p. Ā. bhiyāna, ib.; fut. bhetā Gr.; cond. abheṣyat, ŚBr.; inf. bhiyase, RV.; bhetum, MBh. &c.), to fear, be afraid of (abl. or gen., rarely instr. or acc.), RV. &c. &c.; to fear for, be anxious about (abl.), R. : Pass. bhīyate, aor., abhāyi Gr.: Caus. bhīṣayate (ŚBr. &c.; cf. Pāṇ. i, 3, 68), bhīṣayati (MBh.; once mc. bhiṣ˚, BhP.; p. bhīṣayāṇa, MBh.; aor. bībhiṣaḥ, TS., ˚ṣathāḥ, RV.), bhāyayati, ˚te (Pāṇ. i, 3, 68, Sch.; Pot. bhāyayes, Megh. 61; v.l. bhīṣayes; aor. bībhayat, abībhayanta, RV.; ind.p. -bhāyya, Br.), bhāpayate (Pāṇ. vi, 1, 56, Sch.), to terrify, put in a fright, intimidate, RV. &c. &c.: Desid. bibhīṣati Gr.: Intens. bebhīyate, bebhayīti, bebheti, ib.
bhī [cf. √ bhyas; Lith. bijótis; Slav. bojati; Germ. biben, beben.]
Alternative readings
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