bhagavantaṁ

bhagavant

accusative singular masculine of bhagavant (adjective); surface form bhagavantaṁ

blessed, fortunate
Lord (epithet of the Buddha)
the Blessed One

Built from

bhaga — root · fortune, share
The spatial sense of apportionment—receiving one's due—underlies the abstract meaning of blessedness or being favored by fortune.
vant — ending · possessing
A possessive suffix forming adjectives; here it makes 'bhagavant' mean 'possessing fortune, blessed.'
aṁ — ending · accusative singular
The accusative ending marks bhagavantaṁ as the direct object of a verb, commonly used when addressing or referring to the Buddha as 'the Blessed One.'

Analysis. bhaga (fortune, share) + vant (possessing); 'one possessing good fortune'; often declined as an epithet for the Buddha and other venerable figures.

Etymology. bhaga derives from PIE *bhag- 'to share, distribute'; vant is a possessive suffix (like Latin -ventus in 'eventus'). The compound sense 'blessed' arises from the notion of receiving one's proper share or fortune.

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

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