# भित्ति
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit भित्ति (bhitti). Doublet of भीत (bhīt).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /bʱɪt̪.t̪iː/, [bʱɪt̪̚.t̪iː]

### Noun

भित्ति • (bhitti) f
* wall; partition; rampart
    Synonyms: दीवार (dīvār), प्राचीर (prācīr)
** 2018 February 7, Naresh Shandilya, टुकड़ा-टुकड़ा ये ज़िन्दगी‎, Diamond Pocket Books, →ISBN:ये घर की भित्तियाँ, ये छत, दहलीज़, ये आँगन, देखो हमारे आसपास फर्ज़ बहुत हैं।ye ghar kī bhittiyā̃, ye chat, dahlīz, ye āṅgan, dekho hamāre āspās pharz bahut ha͠i.These walls of the house, this roof, threshold, this courtyard; Look, there are a lot of responsibilities around me.

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “भित्ति”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3658
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भित्ति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 767

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* bhitti (Latin script)
* 𑀪𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ভিত্তি (Bengali script)
* භිත‍්ති (Sinhalese script)
* ဘိတ္တိ or ꧤိတ္တိ or ꧤိတ်တိ (Burmese script)
* ภิตฺติ or ภิตติ (Thai script)
* ᨽᩥᨲ᩠ᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
* ຠິຕ຺ຕິ or ຠິຕຕິ (Lao script)
* ភិត្តិ (Khmer script)
* 𑄞𑄨𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

### Noun

भित्ति f
* Devanagari script form of bhitti

#### Declension
## Prakrit
### Noun

भित्ति (bhitti) f
* Devanagari script form of 𑀪𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺

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

* ভিত্তি (Assamese script)
* ᬪᬶᬢ᭄ᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
* ভিত্তি (Bengali script)
* 𑰥𑰰𑰝𑰿𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀪𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ဘိတ္တိ (Burmese script)
* ભિત્તિ (Gujarati script)
* ਭਿਤ੍ਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌭𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦨꦶꦠ꧀ꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂦𑂱𑂞𑂹𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಭಿತ್ತಿ (Kannada script)
* ភិត្តិ (Khmer script)
* ຠິຕ຺ຕິ (Lao script)
* ഭിത്തി (Malayalam script)
* ᢨᡳᢠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘥𑘱𑘝𑘿𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠾᠢᢐᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧅𑧒𑦽𑧠𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐨𑐶𑐟𑑂𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଭିତ୍ତି (Odia script)
* ꢩꢶꢡ꣄ꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆨𑆴𑆠𑇀𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖥𑖰𑖝𑖿𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
* භිත‍්ති (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩳𑩑𑩫 𑪙𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚡𑚮𑚙𑚶𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
* பி⁴த்தி (Tamil script)
* భిత్తి (Telugu script)
* ภิตฺติ (Thai script)
* བྷི་ཏྟི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒦𑒱𑒞𑓂𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨡𑨁𑨙𑩇𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From the root भिद् (bhid, “to break; split; divide; cut”) +‎ -ति (-ti).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /bʱit.tí/, [bʱit̚.tí]
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈbʱit̪.t̪i/, [ˈbʱit̪̚.t̪i]

### Noun

भित्ति • (bhittí) stem, f
* (Vedic) mat of split reeds
** c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa
* (Classical Sanskrit)
** wall; partition; rampart
    Synonyms: प्राचीर (prācīra), प्राकार (prākāra); see also Thesaurus:भित्ति
*** c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
*** c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 3.23.19:चक्षुष्मत्पद्मरागाग्र्‍यैर्वज्रभित्तिषु निर्मितैः । जुष्टं विचित्रवैतानैर्महार्हैर्हेमतोरणैः ॥cakṣuṣmatpadmarāgāgr‍yairvajrabhittiṣu nirmitaiḥ. juṣṭaṃ vicitravaitānairmahārhairhematoraṇaiḥ.With the choicest rubies set in its diamond walls, it appeared as though possessed of eyes. It was furnished with wonderful canopies and greatly valuable gates of gold.
** breaking, splitting; dividing
** fragment, bit, portion

#### Descendants

* Pali: bhitti
* Prakrit: 𑀪𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (bhitti) (see there for further descendants)
* → Hindi: भित्ति (bhitti) (learned)

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “भित्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 757.
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “bhitti”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “भित्ति”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1198
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “भित्ति”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 205
* Arthur Berriedale Keith, Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1912) “bhitti”, in Vedic index of names and subjects, volume 2, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W. [Published for the Government of India], →OCLC, page 104
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhitti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 542