# भूत
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भूत (bhūta, “become, been, past; any being, spirit, demon”).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /bʱuːt̪/

### Noun

भूत • (bhūt) m (Urdu spelling بھوت)
* ghost, spirit
* (figurative) an ugly man

#### Synonyms

* (ghost): प्रेत (pret)
* पिशाच (piśāc, “flesh eating demons”)
* वेताल (vetāl, “spirits inhabiting corpses and charnel ground”)

### References

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhūtá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Konkani
### Noun

भूत • (bhūt) m (Latin script ?, Kannada script ?)
* ghost

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भूत (bhūta, “become, been, past; any being, spirit, demon”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʱut̪/, [bʱuːt̪]

### Noun

भूत • (bhūt) n
* ghost, spirit
* a common term for the five basic elements
* (grammar) a suffix (for been, become, entered into and standing in the state of.)

#### Declension
### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “भूत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “भूत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* bhūta (Latin script)
* 𑀪𑀽𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* ভূত (Bengali script)
* භූත (Sinhalese script)
* ဘူတ or ꧤူတ (Burmese script)
* ภูต or ภูตะ (Thai script)
* ᨽᩪᨲ (Tai Tham script)
* ຠູຕ or ຠູຕະ (Lao script)
* ភូត (Khmer script)
* 𑄞𑄫𑄖 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

भूत
* Devanagari script form of bhūta (“genuine”)

#### Declension
### Noun

भूत m
* Devanagari script form of bhūta (“beings”)

#### Declension
### Noun

भूत n
* Devanagari script form of bhūta (“nature”)

#### Declension
### Noun

भूत m
* Devanagari script form of bhūta (“supernatural being”)

#### Declension
### Noun

भूत n
* Devanagari script form of bhūta (“truth”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ভূত (Assamese script)
* ᬪᬹᬢ (Balinese script)
* ভূত (Bengali script)
* 𑰥𑰳𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀪𑀽𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* ဘူတ (Burmese script)
* ભૂત (Gujarati script)
* ਭੂਤ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌭𑍂𑌤 (Grantha script)
* ꦨꦹꦠ (Javanese script)
* 𑂦𑂴𑂞 (Kaithi script)
* ಭೂತ (Kannada script)
* ភូត (Khmer script)
* ຠູຕ (Lao script)
* ഭൂത (Malayalam script)
* ᢨᡠᡠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘥𑘴𑘝 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠾᠤᠤᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧅𑧕𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐨𑐹𑐟 (Newa script)
* ଭୂତ (Odia script)
* ꢩꢹꢡ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆨𑆷𑆠 (Sharada script)
* 𑖥𑖳𑖝 (Siddham script)
* භූත (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩳𑩒𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚡𑚱𑚙 (Takri script)
* பூ⁴த (Tamil script)
* భూత (Telugu script)
* ภูต (Thai script)
* བྷཱུ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒦𑒴𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨡𑨃𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰuHtás (“become, been”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-tó-s, past participle of *bʰuH- (“to be”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬠𐬏𐬙𐬀 (būta, “become, been”), Old Irish both (“been”), Ancient Greek φῠτός (phutós), Lithuanian būtas. The Sanskrit root is भू (bhū).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /bʱuː.tɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈbʱuː.t̪ɐ/

### Participle

भूत • (bhūtá)
* past participle of भू (bhū); been

### Adjective

भूत • (bhūtá) stem
* become, been
* past
* happened, true, real

#### Derived terms

* भूतकाल (bhūtakāla)

#### Descendants

* Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀪𑀼𑀢 (*bhuta /⁠bhūta⁠/), *𑀳𑀼𑀢 (*huta /⁠hūta⁠/) (attested in compounds)
** Prakrit:
    Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀪𑀽𑀤 (bhūda)
    Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀳𑀽𑀅 (hūa)
    Paisaci Prakrit: 𑀨𑀽𑀢 (phūta)
    Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀪𑀽𑀤 (bhūda)
*** Hindi: हुआ (huā)
* Gandhari: 𐨧𐨂𐨡 (bhuda)
* Pali: bhūta

### Noun

भूत • (bhūtá) stem, n
* living being, anything that is or exists
* the world
* "that which has been (in the past)"; a ghost of a dead person, a spirit
* demon, imp, goblin

#### Derived terms

* भूतपति (bhūtapáti)

#### Descendants

* Pali: bhūta
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀪𑀽𑀅 (bhūa)
** Bengali: ভুয়া (bhuẏa)
* → Assamese: ভূত (bhut)
* → Bengali: ভূত (bhut)
* → Gujarati: ભૂત (bhūt)
* → Hindi: भूत (bhūt)
* → Kannada: ಭೂತ (bhūta)
* → Konkani: भूत (bhūt)
* → Malay: bota
** > Indonesian: bota (inherited)
* → Marathi: भूत (bhūt)
* → Odia: ଭୂତ (bhuta)
* → Old Javanese: bhūta
** > Javanese: ꦧꦸꦠ (buta) (inherited)
*** → Indonesian: buta
** → Balinese: ᬪᬹᬢ (buta)
* → Santali: ᱵᱷᱩᱛ (bhut)
* → Tamil: பூதம் (pūtam)
* → Telugu: భూతం (bhūtaṁ)
* → Thai: ภูต (pûut)
* → Urdu: بھوت (bhūt)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “भूत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 761/3.