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bhāsati

pr 3rd sg of bhāsati (verb)

1. speaks; talks (about); says
2. speaks (for); talks (on behalf of); (comm) speaks (with)
3. shines; radiates
4. illuminates; lights up
5. (of verse) recites; utters; lit. speaks

Built from

• bhās — root · shine, speak
  The root carries both luminous and vocal senses: light shining forth and words uttered forth. Cognate with Sanskrit bhāsate, Greek phāos (light, day), Latin fax (torch), suggesting *bha- 'to shine' in the parent language.
• ati — ending · 3sg present
  The thematic present ending -ati marks third person singular and carries present indicative force.

Etymology. Root bhās- (to shine, speak) cognate with Sanskrit bhāsate (shines, speaks), Greek phāos (light), Latin fax (torch). The semantic range from 'shine' to 'speak' reflects Indo-European *bha- 'to shine', with speech conceived as radiance or utterance that illuminates.

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

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