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bhāti

pr 3rd sg of bhāti (verb); masc nom sg of bhāti (noun); masc voc sg of bhāti (noun)

1. illuminates; lights up
2. brother

Built from

• bhā — root · shine, illuminate
  The root √bhā carries the image of light breaking forth and becoming visible. It underlies many compounds in Buddhist Pali: abhāti 'shines forth', rūpa-bhāva 'appearance, form'.
• ti — ending · 3rd sg present
  The -ti ending marks 3rd person singular present indicative, the unmarked tense of action.

Etymology. Root √bhā 'shine, appear, become manifest'. Cognates: Sanskrit bhāti, Greek phāos 'light', Latin fax 'torch', English bare (in the sense 'open, exposed to light'). The noun 'brother' derives from a different root (√bhagant- 'to share'), unrelated etymologically despite homonymy.

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

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