Etymograph

English

bhagat

Bhagat comes from Punjabi ਭਗਤ ‘worshipper, devotee’, from Sanskrit भक्त ‘distributed, assigned, allotted’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeh₂g-1‘to divide, distribute’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeh₂g-tó-s1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*bʰaktás1‘distributed, allotted, share, portion’reconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEभक्त2‘distributed, assigned, allotted’
  5. Punjabimodernਭਗਤ3bhagat‘worshipper, devotee’
  6. Englishtodaybhagat3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Sanskrit भक्त
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Punjabi ਭਗਤ
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English bhagat

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeh₂g-Wiktionary, Sanskrit भक्त‘to divide, distribute’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeh₂g-tó-sWiktionary, Sanskrit भक्तreconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*bʰaktásWiktionary, Sanskrit भक्त‘distributed, allotted, share, portion’reconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEभक्तWiktionary, Punjabi ਭਗਤ‘distributed, assigned, allotted’
  5. PunjabimodernਭਗਤWiktionary, English bhagatbhagat‘worshipper, devotee’
  6. EnglishtodaybhagatWiktionary, English bhagat

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- ‘to divide, distribute’

book, sarcophagus, bagh, bhakti, bhajan, 3 more

Today it means

noun A holy man in Sikhism or Hinduism.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “bhagat”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Sanskrit भक्त, Punjabi ਭਗਤ. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- / bhagat

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