भवितव्य

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भवितव्य (bhavitavyá).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʱə.ʋɪ.t̪əʋ.jᵊ/,
• Rhymes: -əʋjᵊ

भवितव्य • (bhavitavya) (indeclinable)

1. fated, destined

भवितव्य • (bhavitavya) m

1. fate, the inevitable

   Synonym: होनहार (honhār)

   • (Can we date this quote?), “हम करें राष्ट्र आराधन”:

     अपने अतीत को पढ़कर, अपना इतिहास उलटकर,
     अपना भवितव्य समझकर, हम करें राष्ट्र का चिंतन।

     apne atīt ko paṛhkar, apnā itihās ulaṭkar,
     apnā bhavitavya samajhkar, ham karẽ rāṣṭra kā cintan.

     Reading our past, overturning our history, considering it our fate, let us think over our nation.

• भवितव्यता (bhavitavyatā)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भवितव्य”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 762
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “भवितव्य”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 547

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐ.ʋi.tɐʋ.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱɐ.ʋiˈt̪ɐʋ.jɐ/

भवितव्य • (bhavitavya) stem

1. that must be; that must become

   मया तव अनुचरेण भवितव्यम् ― mayā tava anucareṇa bhavitavyam ― I must become your companion.

2. that must happen; that should happen

   छे, एवं न भवितव्यं आसीत् ― che, evaṃ na bhavitavyaṃ āsīt ― Tsh, it should not have happened.

भवितव्य • (bhavitavya) stem, n

1. an inevitable necessity
2. eventuality

• भवितव्यता (bhavitavyatā)