بھیڑ
Urdu
Etymology 1
Inherited from Prakrit *𑀪𑁂𑀟 (*bheḍa), from Sanskrit भेड्र (bheḍra), from a substrate, possibly Munda.[1] Cognate with Bengali ভেড়া (bheṛa), Bhojpuri भेड़ा (bhēṛā), Gujarati ભેડ (bheḍ), and Punjabi ਭੇਡ (bheḍ).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bʱeːɽ/
- Rhymes: -eːɽ
- Hyphenation: بھیڑ
Noun
بھیڑ • (bheṛ) f (masculine بھیڑا (bheṛā), Hindi spelling भेड़)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بھیڑ (bheṛ) | بھیڑیں (bheṛẽ) |
| oblique | بھیڑ (bheṛ) | بھیڑوں (bheṛõ) |
| vocative | بھیڑ (bheṛ) | بھیڑو (bheṛo) |
Etymology 2
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀪𑀻𑀟 (*bhīḍa), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀪𑀺𑀝𑁆 (*bhiṭ).[2] Cognate with Bengali ভিড় (bhiṛ), Gujarati ભીડ (bhīḍ), Marathi भीड (bhīḍ), and Punjabi ਭੀੜ (bhīṛ).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bʱiːɽ/
- Rhymes: -iːɽ
- Hyphenation: بِھیڑ
Noun
بِھیڑ • (bhīṛ) f (Hindi spelling भीड़)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بِھیڑ (bhīṛ) | بِھیڑیں (bhīṛẽ) |
| oblique | بِھیڑ (bhīṛ) | بِھیڑوں (bhīṛõ) |
| vocative | بِھیڑ (bhīṛ) | بِھیڑو (bhīṛo) |
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhedra-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhiṭ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further reading
- “بھیڑ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “بھیڑ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بھیڑ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “بھیڑ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.