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What does "bharat" mean? I've encountered it a few times while cataloging books (what I do when not larking about with AWAD). It seems to describe either a portion of India, or a particular period of its history. I can't make it out from context, and it's not in My Favorite Dictionary.
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Certainly maahey or anchita could correct me, but I believe that it is nothing more nor less than the local name for the Republic of India.
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This is from Onelook.com  : noun: a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
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"a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947"
I've got it, Alex! What is India?
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We're checking with the judges…
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No, I'm sorry. That question is not the one we were looking for. Let's see how much you bet…
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Yes, "Bharat" (the first 'a' pronounced as in 'car' while the second 'a' pronounced as in 'cut') is another name for India... It is the actual Hindi/Sanskrit name for the country. "Hindustan" is another name, derived from Urdu, I think, and 'India' is an anglicized version of its root 'Hind' (the 'i' pronounced as in 'pin'). The name "Bharat" was given after a famous ancient king "Bharat" (both 'a's pronounced as in 'cut,') whose story has contributed richly to the Indian mythology.
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It may or may not be coincidental that Barat is the Indonesian for West.
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Barat is the Indonesian for West
Are ba and bha a minimal pair in Indonesian?
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Yeah, but if they had more letters they'd be more than minimal, I thunk ...
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Well, I google®d it and, no, they'd need more letters to *be minimal.
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You just caint please some folks, huh? More is less. Now where have I heard that before?
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where have I heard that before?
From Les Moore?
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Bh doesn't really exist in Indonesian, except in a few conscious modern borrowings from Sanskrit. Even then I think it's pronounced just as a b.
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Bh doesn't really exist in Indonesian
Well, there you go, and Bharat is to the west.
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