भनति

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• भणति (bhaṇati) — Classical Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভনতি (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬦᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• ভনতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰡𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀦𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဘနတိ (Burmese script)
• ભનતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਭਨਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑌨𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦤꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂢𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಭನತಿ (Kannada script)
• ភនតិ (Khmer script)
• ຠນຕິ (Lao script)
• ഭനതി (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᠠᠨᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘡𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠠᠨᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧁𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐣𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଭନତି (Odia script)
• ꢩꢥꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆤𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖡𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• භනති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩯𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚝𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• ப⁴நதி (Tamil script)
• భనతి (Telugu script)
• ภนติ (Thai script)
• བྷ་ན་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒢𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨝𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰn̥h₂-é-ti, innovative nasal-infixed zero-grade thematic present *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”). Cognate with Ancient Greek φημί (phēmí, “speak”), φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice”), Latin fārī (“speak, talk; say”), fabula (“story, tale, fable”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐ́.nɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱɐ.n̪ɐ.t̪i/

Verb

भनति • (bhánati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root भन्) (Vedic)

1. to sound, resound, call aloud, speak, declare

   Synonyms: भाषते (bhā́ṣate), वदति (vadati)

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.11.3:

     धन्या चिद्धि त्वे धिषणा वष्टि प्र देवाञ्जन्म गृणते यजध्यै।
     वेपिष्ठो अङ्गिरसां यद्ध विप्रो मधु च्छन्दो भनति रेभ इष्टौ॥

     dhanyā ciddhi tve dhiṣaṇā vaṣṭi pra devāñjanma gṛṇate yajadhyai.
     vepiṣṭho aṅgirasāṃ yaddha vipro madhu cchando bhanati rebha iṣṭau.

     For even the blessed longing that is in thee would bring the Gods down to the singer's worship,
     When the Aṅgirases' sagest Sage, the Poet, sings the sweet measure at the solemn service.

Conjugation

Present: भनति (bhánati), भनते (bhánate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	भनति bhánati	भनतः bhánataḥ	भनन्ति bhánanti	भनते bhánate	भनेते bhánete	भनन्ते bhánante
Second	भनसि bhánasi	भनथः bhánathaḥ	भनथ bhánatha	भनसे bhánase	भनेथे bhánethe	भनध्वे bhánadhve
First	भनामि bhánāmi	भनावः bhánāvaḥ	भनामः / भनामसि¹ bhánāmaḥ / bhánāmasi¹	भने bháne	भनावहे bhánāvahe	भनामहे bhánāmahe
Imperative
Third	भनतु bhánatu	भनताम् bhánatām	भनन्तु bhánantu	भनताम् bhánatām	भनेताम् bhánetām	भनन्ताम् bhánantām
Second	भन bhána	भनतम् bhánatam	भनत bhánata	भनस्व bhánasva	भनेथाम् bhánethām	भनध्वम् bhánadhvam
First	भनानि bhánāni	भनाव bhánāva	भनाम bhánāma	भनै bhánai	भनावहै bhánāvahai	भनामहै bhánāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	भनेत् bhánet	भनेताम् bhánetām	भनेयुः bháneyuḥ	भनेत bháneta	भनेयाताम् bháneyātām	भनेरन् bháneran
Second	भनेः bháneḥ	भनेतम् bhánetam	भनेत bháneta	भनेथाः bhánethāḥ	भनेयाथाम् bháneyāthām	भनेध्वम् bhánedhvam
First	भनेयम् bháneyam	भनेव bháneva	भनेम bhánema	भनेय bháneya	भनेवहि bhánevahi	भनेमहि bhánemahi
Subjunctive
Third	भनात् / भनाति bhánāt / bhánāti	भनातः bhánātaḥ	भनान् bhánān	भनाते / भनातै bhánāte / bhánātai	भनैते bhánaite	भनन्त / भनान्तै bhánanta / bhánāntai
Second	भनाः / भनासि bhánāḥ / bhánāsi	भनाथः bhánāthaḥ	भनाथ bhánātha	भनासे / भनासै bhánāse / bhánāsai	भनैथे bhánaithe	भनाध्वै bhánādhvai
First	भनानि bhánāni	भनाव bhánāva	भनाम bhánāma	भनै bhánai	भनावहै bhánāvahai	भनामहै bhánāmahai
Participles
	भनत् bhánat			भनमान bhánamāna
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic

Imperfect: अभनत् (ábhanat), अभनत (ábhanata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अभनत् ábhanat	अभनताम् ábhanatām	अभनन् ábhanan	अभनत ábhanata	अभनेताम् ábhanetām	अभनन्त ábhananta
Second	अभनः ábhanaḥ	अभनतम् ábhanatam	अभनत ábhanata	अभनथाः ábhanathāḥ	अभनेथाम् ábhanethām	अभनध्वम् ábhanadhvam
First	अभनम् ábhanam	अभनाव ábhanāva	अभनाम ábhanāma	अभने ábhane	अभनावहि ábhanāvahi	अभनामहि ábhanāmahi

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit:
  • Helu Prakrit:
    • Dhivehi: ބުނަނީ (bunanī)
  • Khasa Prakrit:
    • Nepali: भन्नु (bhannu)
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
    • Bengali: ভনা (bhona)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀪𑀡𑀇 (bhaṇaï)
    • Konkani: म्हण्चे (mhaṇce)
    • Old Marathi: 𑘥𑘜𑘜𑘹 (bhaṇaṇe), 𑘦𑘿𑘮𑘜𑘜𑘹 (mhaṇaṇe)
      • Marathi: म्हणणे (mhaṇṇe)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀪𑀡𑀤𑀺 (bhaṇadi)
    • Gujarati: ભણવું (bhaṇvũ)
    • Hindi: भनना (bhannā)
    • Romani: phenel
• Pali: bhaṇati

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “भनति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0745.