बर
Braj
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəɾ/
Etymology 1
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀟- (vaḍa-) from Sanskrit वट (vaṭa).
Noun
बर (bar) f
- banyan tree
Etymology 2
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀭𑀫 (varama) from Sanskrit वरम (varama).
Adverb
बर (bar)
Etymology 3
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit बल (bala).
Noun
बर (bar) m
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /bəɾ/, [bɐɾ]
Etymology 1
Inherited from Prakrit वर (vara) from Sanskrit वर (vara).
Noun
बर • (bar) m (Urdu spelling بر)
Adjective
बर • (bar)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Classical Persian بر (bar) from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭣𐭬 (mdm /abar/, “up; on, over”).
Preposition
बर • (bar) (Urdu spelling بر)
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Classical Persian بر (bar) from Middle Persian [script needed] (bl /bar/, “fruit, produce, profit”).
Noun
बर • (bar) m (Urdu spelling بر)
Nepali
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bʌr]
- Phonetic Devanagari: बर्
Etymology 1
Inherited from Sanskrit वर (vara).
Noun
बर • (bar) m (feminine बधू)
Etymology 2
From Khasa Prakrit [Term?], from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀟 (vaḍa), from Sanskrit वट (vaṭa)[1].
Noun
बर • (bar)
Further reading
- “बर”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary][1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
- Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “बर”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vaṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press