भवति

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

bhavati (Latin script)
𑀪𑀯𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ভৰতি (Bengali script)
භවති (Sinhalese script)
ဘဝတိ or ꧤဝတိ (Burmese script)
ภวติ or ภะวะติ (Thai script)
ᨽᩅᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
ຠວຕິ or ຠະວະຕິ or ພະວະຕິ (Lao script)
ភវតិ (Khmer script)
𑄞𑅇𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Verb

भवति (root bhū, first conjugation)

Devanagari script form of bhavati (“to become”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "भवति"

	Active		Middle
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Present
1st	भवामि (bhavāmi)	भवाम (bhavāma)	भवे (bhave)	भवाम्हे (bhavāmhe)
2nd	भवसि (bhavasi)	भवथ (bhavatha)	भवसे (bhavase)	भवव्हे (bhavavhe)
3rd	भवति (bhavati)	भवन्ति (bhavanti)	भवते (bhavate)	भवन्ते (bhavante) or भवरे (bhavare)
Imperfect
1st	अभव (abhava) or अभवं (abhavaṃ) or भव (bhava) or भवं (bhavaṃ)	अभवम्हा (abhavamhā) or भवम्हा (bhavamhā)	अभविं (abhaviṃ) or भविं (bhaviṃ)	अभवाम्हसे (abhavāmhase) or अभवम्हसे (abhavamhase) or भवाम्हसे (bhavāmhase) or भवम्हसे (bhavamhase)
2nd	अभवो (abhavo) or भवो (bhavo)	अभवत्थ (abhavattha) or भवत्थ (bhavattha)	अभवसे (abhavase) or भवसे (bhavase)	अभवव्हं (abhavavhaṃ) or भवव्हं (bhavavhaṃ)
3rd	अभव (abhava) or अभवा (abhavā) or भव (bhava) or भवा (bhavā)	अभवु (abhavu) or अभवू (abhavū) or भवु (bhavu) or भवू (bhavū)	अभवत्थ (abhavattha) or भवत्थ (bhavattha)	अभवत्थुं (abhavatthuṃ) or भवत्थुं (bhavatthuṃ)
Imperative
1st	भवामि (bhavāmi)	भवाम (bhavāma)	भवे (bhave)	भवामसे (bhavāmase)
2nd	भव (bhava) or भवाहि (bhavāhi)	भवथ (bhavatha)	भवस्सु (bhavassu)	भवव्हो (bhavavho)
3rd	भवतु (bhavatu)	भवन्तु (bhavantu)	भवतं (bhavataṃ)	भवन्तं (bhavantaṃ)
Optative
1st	भवेय्यामि (bhaveyyāmi) or भवेय्यं (bhaveyyaṃ) or भवे (bhave)	भवेय्याम (bhaveyyāma)	भवेय्यं (bhaveyyaṃ)	भवेय्याम्हे (bhaveyyāmhe)
2nd	भवेय्यासि (bhaveyyāsi) or भवे (bhave)	भवेय्याथ (bhaveyyātha)	भवेथो (bhavetho)	भवेय्यव्हो (bhaveyyavho)
3rd	भवेय्य (bhaveyya) or भवे (bhave)	भवेय्युं (bhaveyyuṃ)	भवेथ (bhavetha)	भवेरं (bhaveraṃ)

Present active participle: भवन्त् (bhavant), which see for forms and usage
Present middle participle: भवमान (bhavamāna), which see for forms and usage
Past participle: भूत (bhūta), which see for forms and usage

Adjective

भवति (bhavati)

Devanagari script form of bhavati, which is masculine/neuter locative singular of भवन्त् (bhavant), present participle of the verb above

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ভৱতি (Assamese script)
ᬪᬯᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
ভবতি (Bengali script)
𑰥𑰪𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀪𑀯𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ဘဝတိ (Burmese script)
ભવતિ (Gujarati script)
ਭਵਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌭𑌵𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦨꦮꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂦𑂫𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಭವತಿ (Kannada script)
ភវតិ (Khmer script)
ຠວຕິ (Lao script)
ഭവതി (Malayalam script)
ᢨᠠᠸᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘥𑘪𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠪᠾᠠᠸᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧅𑧊𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐨𑐰𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଭଵତି (Odia script)
ꢩꢮꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆨𑆮𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖥𑖪𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
භවති (Sinhalese script)
𑩳𑩾𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚡𑚦𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
ப⁴வதி (Tamil script)
భవతి (Telugu script)
ภวติ (Thai script)
བྷ་ཝ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒦𑒫𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨡𑨭𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰéwHeti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰáwHati

Sanskrit भवति

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰáwHati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéwH-e-ti, an innovated verb stem derived from *bʰuH- (“to appear, become, rise up”).

Cognate with Ancient Greek φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō), Avestan 𐬠𐬎 (bu), Latin fuī, Old English bēon (whence English be).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

भव॑ति • (bhávati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root भू)

to become; be
Synonym: अस्ति॑ (ásti)

संस्कृते त्रीणि वचनानि भवन्ति।
saṃskṛte trīṇi vacanāni bhavanti.
There are three grammatical numbers in Sanskrit.
to happen
to constitute

Conjugation

Present: भव॑ति (bhávati), भव॑ते (bhávate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	भव॑ति bhávati	भव॑तः bhávataḥ	भव॑न्ति bhávanti	भव॑ते bhávate	भवे॑ते bhávete	भव॑न्ते bhávante
Second	भव॑सि bhávasi	भव॑थः bhávathaḥ	भव॑थ bhávatha	भव॑से bhávase	भवे॑थे bhávethe	भव॑ध्वे bhávadhve
First	भवा॑मि bhávāmi	भवा॑वः bhávāvaḥ	भवा॑मः / भवा॑मसि¹ bhávāmaḥ / bhávāmasi¹	भवे॑ bháve	भवा॑वहे bhávāvahe	भवा॑महे bhávāmahe
Imperative
Third	भव॑तु bhávatu	भव॑ताम् bhávatām	भव॑न्तु bhávantu	भव॑ताम् bhávatām	भवे॑ताम् bhávetām	भव॑न्ताम् bhávantām
Second	भव॑ bháva	भव॑तम् bhávatam	भव॑त bhávata	भव॑स्व bhávasva	भवे॑थाम् bhávethām	भव॑ध्वम् bhávadhvam
First	भवा॑नि bhávāni	भवा॑व bhávāva	भवा॑म bhávāma	भवै॑ bhávai	भवा॑वहै bhávāvahai	भवा॑महै bhávāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	भवे॑त् bhávet	भवे॑ताम् bhávetām	भवे॑युः bháveyuḥ	भवे॑त bháveta	भवे॑याताम् bháveyātām	भवे॑रन् bháveran
Second	भवेः॑ bháveḥ	भवे॑तम् bhávetam	भवे॑त bháveta	भवे॑थाः bhávethāḥ	भवे॑याथाम् bháveyāthām	भवे॑ध्वम् bhávedhvam
First	भवे॑यम् bháveyam	भवे॑व bháveva	भवे॑म bhávema	भवे॑य bháveya	भवे॑वहि bhávevahi	भवे॑महि bhávemahi
Subjunctive
Third	भवा॑त् / भवा॑ति bhávāt / bhávāti	भवा॑तः bhávātaḥ	भवा॑न् bhávān	भवा॑ते / भवा॑तै bhávāte / bhávātai	भवै॑ते bhávaite	भव॑न्त / भवा॑न्तै bhávanta / bhávāntai
Second	भवाः॑ / भवा॑सि bhávāḥ / bhávāsi	भवा॑थः bhávāthaḥ	भवा॑थ bhávātha	भवा॑से / भवा॑सै bhávāse / bhávāsai	भवै॑थे bhávaithe	भवा॑ध्वै bhávādhvai
First	भवा॑नि bhávāni	भवा॑व bhávāva	भवा॑म bhávāma	भवै॑ bhávai	भवा॑वहै bhávāvahai	भवा॑महै bhávāmahai
Participles
	भव॑त् bhávat			भव॑मान bhávamāna
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic

Imperfect: अभ॑वत् (ábhavat), अभ॑वत (ábhavata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अभ॑वत् ábhavat	अभ॑वताम् ábhavatām	अभ॑वन् ábhavan	अभ॑वत ábhavata	अभ॑वेताम् ábhavetām	अभ॑वन्त ábhavanta
Second	अभ॑वः ábhavaḥ	अभ॑वतम् ábhavatam	अभ॑वत ábhavata	अभ॑वथाः ábhavathāḥ	अभ॑वेथाम् ábhavethām	अभ॑वध्वम् ábhavadhvam
First	अभ॑वम् ábhavam	अभ॑वाव ábhavāva	अभ॑वाम ábhavāma	अभ॑वे ábhave	अभ॑वावहि ábhavāvahi	अभ॑वामहि ábhavāmahi

Descendants

Ashokan Prakrit: (see there for further descendants)
Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀪𑀯𑀢𑀺 (bhavati), 𑀳𑁄𑀢𑀺 (hoti)

Kharoshthi script: 𐨧𐨆𐨟𐨁 (bhoti), 𐨱𐨆𐨟𐨁 (hoti)
Pali: bhavati, hoti