# भारत
## Hindi

Picture dictionary :
भारत
भारत के राज्य
पंजाब
हरियाणा
राजस्थान
गुजरात
हिमाचल प्रदेश
उत्तराखंड
उत्तर प्रदेश
बिहार
झारखंड
मध्य प्रदेश
महाराष्ट्र
छत्तीसगढ़
उड़ीसा
पश्चिम बंगाल
तेलंगाना
कर्नाटक
गोवा
आंध्र प्रदेश
केरल
तमिल नाडु
अरुणाचल प्रदेश
आसाम
सिक्किम
नागालैंड
बांग्लादेश
श्रीलंका
मालदीव
चीन
अफ़्ग़ानिस्तान
पाकिस्तान
नेपाल :

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भारत (bhārata).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /bʱɑː.ɾət̪/, [bʱäː.ɾɐt̪]
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

भारत • (bhārat) m (Urdu spelling بھارت)
* India (a country in South Asia)
    Synonyms: इंडिया (iṇḍiyā), हिंदुस्तान (hindustān), भारतवर्ष (bhāratvarṣ)
    Hypernyms: एशिया (eśiyā), दक्षिण एशिया (dakṣiṇ eśiyā)

#### Derived terms

* भारतीय (bhārtīya)
* भारतवर्ष (bhāratvarṣ)
* भारतवासी (bhāratvāsī)

#### Descendants

* → English: Bharat
* → Esperanto: Barato
* → Portuguese: Bharat

### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भारत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Kashmiri
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भारत (bhārata).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʰaːrat/

### Proper noun

भारत • (bhārat) m (Perso-Arabic بھارَت)
* (rare, formal) India (a country in South Asia)
    Synonyms: हिन्दोस्तान (hindōstān), इंडिया (iṃḍiyā)

#### Usage notes

* The sound /bʰ/ does not exist in Kashmiri, this word is only used in very official or formal settings.

### Further reading

* S. K. Toshakhani, J. Lal Kaul, Mohiuddin Hajni, Prithvi Nath Pushp, Akhtar Mohiuddin (1968-1980) Kashir Dictionary Vol 1‎ (in Kashmiri), volume 1, Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, page 377

## Konkani
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भारत (bhārata).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbʱaː.ɽɘ.t̪ɘ/

### Proper noun

भारत • (bhārat) (Latin script Bharot, Kannada script ಭಾರತ)
* India (a country in South Asia)

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भारत (bhārata). Compare Old Marathi 𑘥𑘨𑘝 (bharata), 𑘥𑘰𑘨𑘝 (bhārata), 𑘥𑘰𑘨𑘞 (bhāratha).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʱa.ɾət̪/

### Proper noun

भारत • (bhārat) m
* India (a country in South Asia)
    Synonyms: इंडिया (iṇḍiyā), हिंदुस्थान (hindusthān)
    Hypernyms: आशिया (āśiyā), दक्षिण आशिया (dakṣiṇ āśiyā)

#### Derived terms

* भारतीय (bhāratīya, “indian”)

### Further reading

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “भारत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “भारत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “भारत”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

## Nepali
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भारत (bhārata).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bʱä̤ɾʌt̪]
* Phonetic Devanagari: भारत्

### Proper noun

भारत • (bhārat)
* India (a country in South Asia)

#### Declension
## Newar
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भारत (bhārata).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bʱaɾətə]

### Proper noun

भारत • (bhārata) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐨𑐵𑐬𑐟)
* India (a country in South Asia)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ভাৰত (Assamese script)
* ᬪᬵᬭᬢ (Balinese script)
* ভারত (Bengali script)
* 𑰥𑰯𑰨𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀪𑀸𑀭𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* ဘာရတ (Burmese script)
* ભારત (Gujarati script)
* ਭਾਰਤ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌭𑌾𑌰𑌤 (Grantha script)
* ꦨꦴꦫꦠ (Javanese script)
* 𑂦𑂰𑂩𑂞 (Kaithi script)
* ಭಾರತ (Kannada script)
* ភារត (Khmer script)
* ຠາຣຕ (Lao script)
* ഭാരത (Malayalam script)
* ᢨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘥𑘰𑘨𑘝 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠾᠠᢗᠷᠠᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧅𑧑𑧈𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐨𑐵𑐬𑐟 (Newa script)
* ଭାରତ (Odia script)
* ꢩꢵꢬꢡ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆨𑆳𑆫𑆠 (Sharada script)
* 𑖥𑖯𑖨𑖝 (Siddham script)
* භාරත (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩳𑩛𑩼𑩫 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚡𑚭𑚤𑚙 (Takri script)
* ப⁴ாரத (Tamil script)
* భారత (Telugu script)
* ภารต (Thai script)
* བྷཱ་ར་ཏ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒦𑒰𑒩𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨡𑨊𑨫𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of भरत (bharata, “bearer, actor”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /bʱɑ́ː.ɾɐ.tɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈbʱɑː.ɾɐ.t̪ɐ/

### Adjective

भारत • (bhā́rata) stem
* descended from भरत (bharata) or the Bhāratas (applied to Agni either "sprung from the priests called Bharatas" or "bearer of the oblation")
* belonging or relating to the Bharatas
** (with युद्ध (yuddhá), संग्राम (saṃgrāma), समर (samará), समिति (samiti)) the war or battle of the bharatas
** (with or scil. आख्यान (ākhyāna) with इतिहास (itihāsa) and कथा (kathā)) the story of the Bharatas, the history or narrative of their war
** (with or scil. मण्डल (máṇḍala) or वर्ष (varṣá)) "king Bharatas's realm" i.e. India
* inhabiting भारतवर्ष (bhāratavarṣa) i.e. India; Indic

#### Declension
### Noun

भारत • (bhā́rata) stem, m
* a descendant of Bharata (also in pl. for Bharatās)
* (with अश्वमेध (aśva-medhá)), name of the author of Rigveda V, 27
* (with देववात (deva-vāta) and देवश्रवस् (deva-śravas)), name of the authors of Rigveda III, 23
* fire
* an actor (compare भरत (bharata))
* name of the sun shining on the south of मेरु (meru)

#### Declension
### Noun

भारत • (bhā́rata) stem, n
* the land of Bharatas i.e. India (compare above)
* the story of the Bharatas and their wars (sometimes identified with the महाभारत (mahā-bhārata), and sometimes distinguished from it)
* (with सरस् (sáras)) name of a lake

#### Descendants

* → Assamese: ভাৰত (bharot)
* → Bengali: ভারত (bharot)
* → Bihari: भारत (bhārat)
* → Bodo (India): भारत (bharot)
* → Burmese: ဘာရတ (bhara.ta.)
* → Dogri: भारत (bhārat)
* → English: Bharat
* → Gujarati: ભારત (bhārat)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: भारत (bhārat)
    Urdu: بھارَت (bhārat)
* → Kannada: ಭಾರತ (bhārata)
* → Konkani: भारत (bhārat)
* → Kashmiri:
    Arabic script: بھارَت (bhārat)
    Devanagari script: भारत (bhārat)
    Sharada script: 𑆨𑆳𑆫𑆠 (bhārata)
* → Maithili: भारत (bhārat)
* → Malayalam: ഭാരതം (bhārataṁ)
* → Manipuri:
    Bengali script: ভারত (bhārat)
    Meitei Mayek script: ꯚꯥꯔꯠ (bhaarat)
* → Nepali: भारत (bhārat)
* → Newar: भारत (bhārata)
* → Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: भरत (bharata), भारत (bhārata), भारथ (bhāratha)
    Modi script: 𑘥𑘨𑘝 (bharata), 𑘥𑘰𑘨𑘝 (bhārata), 𑘥𑘰𑘨𑘞 (bhāratha)
** → Marathi: भारत (bhārat)
* → Odia: ଭାରତ (bhārata)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਭਾਰਤ (bhārat)
    Shahmukhi script: بھارَت (bhārat)
* → Portuguese: Bharat
* → Sindhi:
    Arabic script: ڀَارَتُ
    Devanagari script: भारतु
    Khudabadi script: 𑋖𑋠𑋙𑋍𑋣 (bhāratu)
* → Sinhalese: භාරතය (bhārataya)
* → Tamil: பாரதம் (pāratam)
* → Telugu: భారత (bhārata)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “भारत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0753/1.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 249-50; 261