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bhakta

bhakta noun: someone who practises bhakti; a person who is devoted to God; a devotee; a worshipper.

Noun

bhakta (plural bhaktas)

  1. (Hinduism) Someone who practises bhakti; a person who is devoted to God; a devotee; a worshipper.
    • But the Goswami seems to have got her drift and instead of bristling at her snub, he realized that here was an enlightened bhakta who had grasped the essence of the Lord.1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 395

Proper noun capitalized: Bhakta

Bhakta (plural Bhaktas)

  1. A surname.

Forms of bhakta

Noun
pluralbhaktas
Proper noun
pluralBhaktas

Origin of bhakta

Transliteration of Sanskrit भक्त (bhakta).

Questions about bhakta

What does bhakta mean?
Bhakta means someone who practises bhakti; a person who is devoted to God; a devotee; a worshipper.
What part of speech is bhakta?
Bhakta can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of bhakta?
The plural of bhakta is bhaktas.

Words near bhakta in the dictionary

  1. bhajji
  2. bhajjis
  3. bhakri
  4. bhakris
  5. bhakt
  6. bhakta
  7. bhaktas
  8. bhakti
  9. bhaktis
  10. bhakts
  11. Bhalavali Bhasha

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