भनति

• भणति (bhaṇati) — Classical Sanskrit

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”).

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

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.

• 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

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