भनति

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

भणति (bhaṇati) — Classical Sanskrit

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”), English ban.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

to sound, resound, call aloud, speak, declare
Synonyms: भाषते (bhā́ṣate), वदति (vadati)
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 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: भन॑ति (bhánati), भन॑ते (bhánate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	भन॑ति bhánati	भन॑तः bhánataḥ	भन॑न्ति bhánanti	भन॑ते bhánate	भने॑ते bhánete	भन॑न्ते bhánante
Second	भन॑सि bhánasi	भन॑थः bhánathaḥ	भन॑थ bhánatha	भन॑से bhánase	भने॑थे bhánethe	भन॑ध्वे bhánadhve
First	भना॑मि bhánāmi	भना॑वः bhánāvaḥ	भना॑मः / भना॑मसि¹ bhánāmaḥ / bhánāmasi¹	भने॑ bháne	भना॑वहे bhánāvahe	भना॑महे bhánāmahe
Imperative
Third	भन॑तु bhánatu	भन॑ताम् bhánatām	भन॑न्तु bhánantu	भन॑ताम् bhánatām	भने॑ताम् bhánetām	भन॑न्ताम् bhánantām
Second	भन॑ bhána	भन॑तम् bhánatam	भन॑त bhánata	भन॑स्व bhánasva	भने॑थाम् bhánethām	भन॑ध्वम् bhánadhvam
First	भना॑नि bhánāni	भना॑व bhánāva	भना॑म bhánāma	भनै॑ bhánai	भना॑वहै bhánāvahai	भना॑महै bhánāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	भने॑त् bhánet	भने॑ताम् bhánetām	भने॑युः bháneyuḥ	भने॑त bháneta	भने॑याताम् bháneyātām	भने॑रन् bháneran
Second	भनेः॑ bháneḥ	भने॑तम् bhánetam	भने॑त bháneta	भने॑थाः bhánethāḥ	भने॑याथाम् bháneyāthām	भने॑ध्वम् bhánedhvam
First	भने॑यम् bháneyam	भने॑व bháneva	भने॑म bhánema	भने॑य bháneya	भने॑वहि bhánevahi	भने॑महि bhánemahi
Subjunctive
Third	भना॑त् / भना॑ति bhánāt / bhánāti	भना॑तः bhánātaḥ	भना॑न् bhánān	भना॑ते / भना॑तै bhánāte / bhánātai	भनै॑ते bhánaite	भन॑न्त / भना॑न्तै bhánanta / bhánāntai
Second	भनाः॑ / भना॑सि bhánāḥ / bhánāsi	भना॑थः bhánāthaḥ	भना॑थ bhánātha	भना॑से / भना॑सै bhánāse / bhánāsai	भनै॑थे bhánaithe	भना॑ध्वै bhánādhvai
First	भना॑नि bhánāni	भना॑व bhánāva	भना॑म bhánāma	भनै॑ bhánai	भना॑वहै bhánāvahai	भना॑महै bhánāmahai
Participles
	भन॑त् bhánat			भन॑मान bhánamāna
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic

Imperfect: अभ॑नत् (ábhanat), अभ॑नत (ábhanata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अभ॑नत् ábhanat	अभ॑नताम् ábhanatām	अभ॑नन् ábhanan	अभ॑नत ábhanata	अभ॑नेताम् ábhanetām	अभ॑नन्त ábhananta
Second	अभ॑नः ábhanaḥ	अभ॑नतम् ábhanatam	अभ॑नत ábhanata	अभ॑नथाः ábhanathāḥ	अभ॑नेथाम् ábhanethām	अभ॑नध्वम् ábhanadhvam
First	अभ॑नम् ábhanam	अभ॑नाव ábhanāva	अभ॑नाम ábhanāma	अभ॑ने ábhane	अभ॑नावहि ábhanāvahi	अभ॑नामहि 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.