بھنور

Urdu

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem-
    Sanskrit भ्रम् (bhram)
    Sanskrit -अर (-ara)
    Sanskrit भ्रमर (bhramara)
    Prakrit 𑀪𑀫𑀭 (bhamara)
    Urdu بَھن٘وَر (bhãvar)

    Inherited from Middle Hindi بھنور (bhnvr /⁠bhãvar⁠/) (c. 1658),[1] from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀪𑀫𑀭 (bhamara), from Sanskrit भ्रमर (bhramará, “large black bee; spinning top”).[2]

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bʱə̃.ʋəɾ/
    • Rhymes: -əɾ
    • Hyphenation: بَھن٘‧وَر

    Noun

    بَھن٘وَر • (bhãvar) m (Hindi spelling भँवर)

    1. whirlpool, vortex
    2. a bumblebee, black bee
    3. (figuratively) rotation, circle

    Declension

    Declension of بھنور
    singular plural
    direct بَھن٘وَر (bhãvar) بَھن٘وَریں (bhãvarẽ)
    oblique بَھن٘وَر (bhãvar) بَھن٘وَروں (bhãvarõ)
    vocative بَھن٘وَر (bhãvar) بَھن٘وَرو (bhãvaro)

    References

    1. ^ “بھنور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhramará”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

    Further reading

    • “بھنور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “بھنور”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
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