Bharat

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Hindi भारत (bhārat), from Sanskrit भारत (bhārata). Related to Bharata.

Proper noun

Bharat

2. (chiefly India) India: the Republic of India.
   • [2024 May 4, John Reed, “How to interpret India?”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 9:

     In Why Bharat Matters (“Bharat” is the Modi-favoured Hindi word for India, and he uses it throughout), Jaishankar makes a compelling case that the world needs an economically growing, diplomatically nimble and digitally connected India, not least at a time of US decline.]

Derived terms

• Madhya Bharat

 

Translations

an alternative name of India

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (rare) 婆羅多／婆罗多 (Póluóduō), 巴拉特 (zh) (Bālātè)

• Esperanto: Barato (eo)
• Finnish: Bharat (rare)
• German: Bharat n
• Greek: Βαράτ (Varát)
• Indonesian: Barat (id)
• Japanese: バーラタ (Bārata) (rare), バーラト (Bārato)
• Kashmiri: بارَت (bārat)
• Khmer: ភារតៈ (pʰierata’)
• Korean: 바라트 (Barateu) (rare), 바랏 (Barat)
• Lao: ພະຣະຕະວັດ (pha ra ta wat), ພາລັດ (phā lat)
• Malay: Barat
• Portuguese: Bharat (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਭਾਰਤ (bhārat)
• Russian: Бха́ра́т (ru) m (Bxárát) (rare)
• Sindhi: ڀارت (bharatu)
• Tamil: பாரதம் (ta) (pāratam)
• Telugu: భారత (te) (bhārata)
• Thai: ภารต (th) (phaarot), ภารัต (th) (phaarat)
• Urdu: بھارت (ur) m (bhārat)
• Vietnamese: Bà-lạt-đa (婆羅多), Ba Lạt, Ba Đạt, Ba-rát
• Western Panjabi: بھارت

India — see India

See also

• Bharati braille
• Bharatiya
• Bharatwasi
• Bharat Mata Ki Jai

Anagrams

• bharta

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi भारत (bhārat), from Sanskrit भारत (bhārata).

Proper noun

Bharat m

1. Bharat (poetic name of India)