# भक्त
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भक्त (bhakta). Doublet of भात (bhāt) and बख़्त (baxt).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /bʱəkt̪/, [bʱɐkt̪]
* Rhymes: -əkt̪

### Noun

भक्त • (bhakt) m (Urdu spelling بھکت)
* devotee, adorer
* (politics, slang) bhakt (ardent right-wing Hindu nationalist) [21st c.]
** 2019 December 23, ज़फ़र आग़ा [zafar āġā], “झारखण्ड: हिन्दुत्व और ध्रुवीकरण की चाशनी में लिपटे ‘मोदी मॅजिक’ के क़िले की बुनियाद हिलने लगी है [jhārkhaṇḍ: hindutva aur dhruvīkraṇ kī cāśnī mẽ lipṭe ‘modī mĕjik’ ke qile kī buniyād hilne lagī hai]”, in Navjivan‎:लेकिन, राजनीति की ज़मीनी असलियत भक्तों को नज़र नहीं आ रही।lekin, rājnīti kī zamīnī asliyat bhaktõ ko nazar nahī̃ ā rahī.However, the bhakts do not understand the actual political situation.

#### Declension
### Further reading

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भक्त”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “भक्त”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ভক্ত (Assamese script)
* ᬪᬓ᭄ᬢ (Balinese script)
* ভক্ত (Bengali script)
* 𑰥𑰎𑰿𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀪𑀓𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* ဘက္တ (Burmese script)
* ભક્ત (Gujarati script)
* ਭਕ੍ਤ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌭𑌕𑍍𑌤 (Grantha script)
* ꦨꦏ꧀ꦠ (Javanese script)
* 𑂦𑂍𑂹𑂞 (Kaithi script)
* ಭಕ್ತ (Kannada script)
* ភក្ត (Khmer script)
* ຠກ຺ຕ (Lao script)
* ഭക്ത (Malayalam script)
* ᢨᠠᡬᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘥𑘎𑘿𑘝 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠾᠠᢉᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧅𑦮𑧠𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐨𑐎𑑂𑐟 (Newa script)
* ଭକ୍ତ (Odia script)
* ꢩꢒ꣄ꢡ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆨𑆑𑇀𑆠 (Sharada script)
* 𑖥𑖎𑖿𑖝 (Siddham script)
* භක‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩳𑩜 𑪙𑩫 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚡𑚊𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
* ப⁴க்த (Tamil script)
* భక్త (Telugu script)
* ภกฺต (Thai script)
* བྷ་ཀྟ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒦𑒏𑓂𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨡𑨋𑩇𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaktás (“distributed, allotted, share, portion”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-tó-s, from *bʰeh₂g- (“to divide, distribute”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬑𐬙𐬀 (baxta), Persian بخت (baxt). By surface analysis, भज् (bhaj, “to divide, distribute”, root) +‎ -त (-ta) .

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /bʱɐk.tɐ́/, [bʱɐk̚.tɐ́]
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈbʱɐk.t̪ɐ/, [ˈbʱɐk̚.t̪ɐ]

### Adjective

भक्त • (bhaktá) stem
* distributed, assigned, allotted
* engaged in, occupied with, loyal, faithful

#### Declension
### Noun

भक्त • (bhaktá) stem, n
* share, portion
* food, meal
* boiled rice

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Khowar: بوت (bot)
** → Proto-Nuristani:
*** Gawar-Bati: bat
*** Grangali: bōt
*** Kalami: batt
*** Kashmiri: بَتَ (bata)
*** Phalura: بھات (bhāt), بت (bat)
*** Prasuni: bū́tū̆, butū́
*** Shina: بت (băt)
*** Shumashti: bǟt
*** Torwali: bāt
*** Waigali: bōt
* Pali: bhatta
* Prakrit: 𑀪𑀢𑁆𑀢 (bhatta)
** Central:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Awadhi: भातु (bhātu)
**** Old Gujarati:
***** Gujarati: ભાત (bhāt)
****** → Kachchi: ભાંત (bhā̃t)
**** Hindustani: bhāt, bhātī
***** Devanagari script: भात, भाती
***** Arabic script: بھَات, بھَاتِی
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Assamese: ভাত (bhat)
**** Bengali: ভাত (bhat)
**** Bihari: भात (bhāt)
***** Bhojpuri: भात (bhāt)
**** Chakma: 𑄞𑄖𑄴 (bhāt)
**** Odia: ଭାତ (bhāta)
**** Rohingya: bát
**** Sylheti: ꠜꠣꠔ (báto)
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Central Pahari:
***** Garhwali: भात (bhāt)
***** Kumaoni: भात (bhāt)
**** Eastern Pahari:
***** Nepali: भात (bhāt)
**** Western Pahari:
***** Bhadrawahi: भत्त (bhatt), भात (bhāt)
** Southern:
*** Helu Prakrit:
**** Dhivehi: ބަތް (bat̊)
**** Sinhalese: බත (bata)
*** Maharastri Prakrit:
**** Konkani: bhāta
    Devanagari script: भात (bhāt)
    Latin script: bhat
    Kannada script: ಭಾತ್ (bhāt)
**** Old Marathi: 𑘥𑘰𑘝𑘹𑘽 (bhāteṃ), 𑘥𑘰𑘝 (bhāta)
***** Marathi: भात (bhāt)
** Western:
*** Takka Apabhramsa:
**** Punjabi: bhatt, bhappā
    Gurmukhi script: ਭੱਤ, ਭੱਪਾ
    Shahmukhi script: بھتّ, بھَپَّا
*** Vracada Apabhramsa:
**** Sindhi: bhatu
    Arabic script: ڀَتُ
    Devanagari script: भतु
* → Tamil: பத்தம் (pattam)

### Noun

भक्त • (bhaktá) stem, m
* a worshipper, devotee

#### Descendants

* → Hindi: भक्त (bhakt)
** → English: bhakt
* → Marathi: भक्त (bhakta)
* → Old Marathi: 𑘥𑘎𑘿𑘝 (bhakta), 𑘥𑘐𑘝 (bhagata)
* → Punjabi: ਭਗਤ (bhagat) / بھگت (bhgt)
** → English: bhagat
* → Marwari: भगत (bhagat)
* → Tamil: பக்தன் (paktaṉ)
* ⇒ Telugu: భక్తుడు (bhaktuḍu)

### Further reading

* “भक्त॑” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 370, column 1.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “भक्त”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 200
* Monier Williams (1899) “Bhaktá”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 743, column 1.
* Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 610
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhakta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 530