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bhoto

bhavant

masc dat sg of bhavant (noun); masc gen sg of bhavant (noun)

1. bhavant (masc): master; sir; respected man; lit. being present
2. bhoto (masc): for sir; to master; for you
3. bhoto (masc): of sir; of master; of you

Built from

• bhava — stem · being, presence
  Present stem of bhavati (to be, become). The concrete image is existence or presence in space and time.
• nt — ending · active participle marker
  Forms a present participle meaning 'the one who is': bhavant = 'being, present, existing one'. Used honorifically as 'master' or 'sir'.
• o — ending · dative or genitive singular
  Nominalized case ending. Dative: 'to/for the master'; genitive: 'of the master'. The form bhoto contracts the phonemes of bhavant + case ending.

Etymology. From bhavant, the present participle of bhavati (to be, become), lit. 'the being one'. The -ant suffix marks an active participle. Cognates: Sanskrit bhavant, Latin fui (I was), English be.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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