भेड
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ভেড (Assamese script)
- ᬪᬾᬟ (Balinese script)
- ভেড (Bengali script)
- 𑰥𑰸𑰚 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀪𑁂𑀟 (Brahmi script)
- ဘေဍ (Burmese script)
- ભેડ (Gujarati script)
- ਭੇਡ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌭𑍇𑌡 (Grantha script)
- ꦨꦺꦝ (Javanese script)
- 𑂦𑂵𑂙 (Kaithi script)
- ಭೇಡ (Kannada script)
- ភេឌ (Khmer script)
- ເຠຑ (Lao script)
- ഭേഡ (Malayalam script)
- ᢨᡝᡷᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘥𑘹𑘚 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠾᠧᢎᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧅𑧚𑦺 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐨𑐾𑐜 (Newa script)
- ଭେଡ (Odia script)
- ꢩꢾꢞ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆨𑆼𑆝 (Sharada script)
- 𑖥𑖸𑖚 (Siddham script)
- භෙඩ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩳𑩔𑩨 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚡𑚲𑚖 (Takri script)
- பே⁴ட³ (Tamil script)
- భేడ (Telugu script)
- เภฑ (Thai script)
- བྷེ་ཌ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒦𑒹𑒛 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨡𑨄𑨖 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /bʱɐj.ɖɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /bʱeː.ɖɐ/
Noun
भेड • (bheḍa) stem, m
- alternative form of भेड्र (bheḍra, “ram”)
- 2008, संस्कृतलघुकथाचयः [saṃskṛtalaghukathācayaḥ][1], page 259:
- […] तत्र मया एकदा एकं कौतूहलं दृष्टम् – यद् एका वृक्षशायिका (गिलहरी) तत्र सरति, तां वल्लरीं कृन्तति, सीताफलं च वृक्षस्य अधस्तात् वद्धस्य ममैव भेडस्य मस्तकोपरि पतति तस्मात् भीतः भेडश्च ‘भ्यःऽऽऽ’ इति गदति ।
- […] tatra mayā ekadā ekaṃ kautūhalaṃ dṛṣṭam – yad ekā vṛkṣaśāyikā (gilaharī) tatra sarati, tāṃ vallarīṃ kṛntati, sītāphalaṃ ca vṛkṣasya adhastāt vaddhasya mamaiva bheḍasya mastakopari patati tasmāt bhītaḥ bheḍaśca ‘bhyaḥʼʼʼ’ iti gadati.
- There I once saw a strange happening – a squirrel is running there, cutting the creeper and the custard-apple falls down from the tree on to my ram’s head and the ram, becoming afraid, cries ‘Mehhh’.
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | भेडः (bheḍaḥ) | भेडौ (bheḍau) भेडा¹ (bheḍā¹) |
भेडाः (bheḍāḥ) भेडासः¹ (bheḍāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | भेडम् (bheḍam) | भेडौ (bheḍau) भेडा¹ (bheḍā¹) |
भेडान् (bheḍān) |
| instrumental | भेडेन (bheḍena) | भेडाभ्याम् (bheḍābhyām) | भेडैः (bheḍaiḥ) भेडेभिः¹ (bheḍebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | भेडाय (bheḍāya) | भेडाभ्याम् (bheḍābhyām) | भेडेभ्यः (bheḍebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | भेडात् (bheḍāt) | भेडाभ्याम् (bheḍābhyām) | भेडेभ्यः (bheḍebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | भेडस्य (bheḍasya) | भेडयोः (bheḍayoḥ) | भेडानाम् (bheḍānām) |
| locative | भेडे (bheḍe) | भेडयोः (bheḍayoḥ) | भेडेषु (bheḍeṣu) |
| vocative | भेड (bheḍa) | भेडौ (bheḍau) भेडा¹ (bheḍā¹) |
भेडाः (bheḍāḥ) भेडासः¹ (bheḍāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “भेड”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 766.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “bheḍa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “भेड”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1210