Beary
See also: beary
English
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Sanskrit व्यापारी (vyāpārī).
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Alternative forms
- Byari
Proper noun
Beary (uncountable)
- A Muslim people mostly living in the Karnataka state of India.
- The dialect of Malayalam, spoken by Muslim communities in the Karnataka and Kerala states of India.
Translations
dialect of Malayalam
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Irish Ó Béara.
Proper noun
Beary (plural Bearys)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Beary is the 33596th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 678 individuals. Beary is most common among White (91.3%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Beary”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 120.