भक्त

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

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /bʱəkt̪/, [bʱɐkt̪]
• Rhymes: -əkt̪

भक्त • (bhakt) m (Urdu spelling بھکت)

1. devotee, adorer
2. (politics, slang) bhakt (ardent right-wing Hindu nationalist netizen) [21st c.]
   • 2019 December 23, ज़फ़र आग़ा, “झारखंड: हिंदुत्व और ध्रुवीकरण की चाशनी में लिपटे ‘मोदी मैजिक’ के किले की बुनियाद हिलने लगी है”, in Navjivan‎^[1]:

     लेकिन, राजनीति की जमीनी असलियत भक्तों को नजर नहीं आ रही।

     lekin, rājnīti kī jamīnī asliyat bhaktõ ko najar nahī̃ ā rahī.

     However, the bhakts do not understand the actual political situation.

• 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

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, from the root भज् (bhaj, “to divide, distribute”) +‎ -त (-ta).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐk.tɐ́/, [bʱɐk̚.tɐ́]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱɐk.t̪ɐ/, [bʱɐk̚.t̪ɐ]

भ॒क्त • (bhaktá) stem

1. distributed, assigned, allotted
2. engaged in, occupied with, loyal, faithful

भ॒क्त • (bhaktá) stem, n

1. share, portion
2. food, meal
3. boiled rice

• Dardic:
  • Khowar: بوت (bot)
  • → Proto-Nuristani:
    • Gawar-Bati: [script needed] (bat)
    • Grangali: [script needed] (bōt)
    • Kalami: batt
    • Kashmiri: بَتَ (bata)
    • Palula: بھات (bhāt), بت (bat)
    • Prasuni: bū́tū̆, butū́
    • Shina: بت (băt)
    • Shumashti: [script needed] (bǟt)
    • Torwali: [script needed] (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 (bhatu)

        Devanagari script: भतु

• → Tamil: பத்தம் (pattam)

भ॒क्त • (bhaktá) stem, m

1. a worshipper, devotee

• → 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)

• “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