بھارا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit 𑀪𑀸𑀭 (bhāra)), from Sanskrit भार (bhārá).

Pronunciation

Adjective

بھارا • (bhārā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਾਰਾ)

  1. heavy
  2. (by extension, figuratively) large, huge

Declension

Declension of بھارا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct بھارا (bhārā) بھارے (bhāre) بھاری (bhārī) بھارِیاں (bhāriyāṉ)
oblique بھارے (bhāre) بھاریاں (bhāreyāṉ) بھاری (bhārī) بھارِیاں (bhāriyāṉ)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بھارا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “بھارا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
  • ਭਾਰਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhārá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 539