भक्ति

Borrowed from Sanskrit भक्ति (bhakti). Doublet of भाँति (bhā̃ti).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʱək.t̪iː/,
• Rhymes: -əkti

भक्ति • (bhakti) f (Urdu spelling بھکتی)

1. devotion, faith,reverence, devoutness, adoration

• भक्त (bhakt)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भक्ति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaktíš, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-. From the root भज् (bhaj, “to divide”) +‎ -ति (-ti).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐk.tí/,
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱɐk.t̪i/,

भक्ति • (bhaktí) stem, f

1. distribution, partition, separation
2. division, portion, share
3. row, series, succession, order
4. attachment, devotion, fondness for, devotion to; bhakti
5. (with locative, genitive or at the end of a compound) trust, homage, worship, piety, faith or love or devotion (as a religious principle or means of salvation, together with कर्मन् (karman, “works”), and ज्ञान (jñāna, “spiritual knowledge”))
6. (at the end of a compound) assumption of the form of

• विभक्ति (vibhakti)

• Monier Williams (1899) “भक्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 743.