भीत

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʱiːt̪/

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀪𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (bhitti), from Sanskrit भित्ति (bhitti). Cognate with Bengali ভিত (bhito). Doublet of भित्ति (bhitti).

भीत • (bhīt) f (Urdu spelling بھیت)

1. wall, partition

   Synonyms: भित्ति (bhitti), दीवार (dīvār)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भीत (bhīta).

भीत • (bhīt) (indeclinable)

1. frightened, afraid

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

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰih₂-tó-s, from *bʰeyh₂- (“to fear”). See भय (bhaya) for cognates. Equivalent to भी (bhī, root) +‎ -त (-ta).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱiː.tɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱiː.t̪ɐ/

भीत • (bhītá) stem

1. frightened, scared, terrified, afraid
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.32.14:

     अहे॑र्या॒तारं॒ कम॑पश्य इंद्र हृ॒दि यत्ते॑ ज॒घ्नुषो॒ भीरग॑च्छत् ।
     नव॑ च॒ यन्न॑व॒तिं च॒ स्रवं॑तीः श्ये॒नो न भी॒तो अत॑रो॒ रजां॑सि ॥

     áheryātā́ram kámapaśya indra hṛdí yátte jaghnúṣo bhī́rágacchat
     náva ca yánnavatím ca srávantīḥ śyenó ná bhītó átaro rájāṃsi

     Whom did you see, O Indra, after you had killed the Dragon that your heart was filled with fear
     That you crossed the ninety nine streams and the regions like a frightened hawk?

2. timid
3. (in compounds) anxious about

• Gandhari: 𐨧𐨁𐨡 (bhida)
• Pali: bhīta
• Bengali: ভীত (bhit)
• Prakrit: 𑀪𑀻𑀅 (bhīa)
• ⇒ Hindi: भयभीत (bhaybhīt)

• Monier Williams (1899) “भीत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 758.