भरमार

Hindi

Etymology

भर (bhar, stem of भरना (bharnā, “to be full [of]; to abound [in]”)) +‎ मार (mār, “(noun) excess; (adverb) very much, abundantly”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bʱəɾ.mɑːɾ/, [bʱɐɾ.mäːɾ]

Noun

भरमार • (bharmār) f or m (Urdu spelling بَھرمار)

1. (uncountable) abundance, plenty, surfeit, excess, lot; (countable) a large quantity or collection or group
   • 2004, Kaka Hathrasi, काका के व्यंग्य-बाण [Kaka's satirical arrows]‎^[1], New Delhi: Diamond Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 933, →ISBN:

     अपराधों की भरमारों ने, जनजीवन को कर दिया ध्वस्त,
     पंद्रह अगस्त हो रहा त्रस्त।

     aprādhõ kī bharmārõ ne, janjīvan ko kar diyā dhvast,
     pandrah agast ho rahā trast.

     The large quantities of crimes have ruined the people's lives; 15^th August is frightened.

   • 2006–2008, Uday Narayan Rai, भारतीय कला [Indian art]‎^[2], Allahabad: Lokbharati Prakashan, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 232, →ISBN:

     गर्भगृह की बाह्य भित्तियों पर अलंकरणों का भरमार देखा जा सकता है।

     garbhagŕh kī bāhya bhittiyõ par alaṅkarṇõ kā bharmār dekhā jā saktā hai.

     In the outer walls of the garbhagriha, a lot of decorations can be seen.

   • 2015, Vinita Varma, जीवन सरल है! [Life is easy]‎^[3], New Delhi: Vidya Vihar, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 58, →ISBN:

     लेकिन हम तो कंप्यूटर के आधुनिक युग में जी रहे हैं न, जिसमें जानकारी की भरमार है। तो इस जानकारी की भरमार का हम कर क्या रहे हैं?

     lekin ham to kampyūṭar ke ādhunik yug mẽ jī rahe ha͠i na, jismẽ jānkārī kī bharmār hai. to is jānkārī kī bharmār kā ham kar kyā rahe ha͠i?

     But we are living in the modern era of computer, which has abundance of information. So what are we doing with this abundance of information?

   • 2018, C. Radhakrishnan, गीताशास्त्रम्‎^[4], Prabhat Prakashan, →ISBN, →ISBN:

     जगत् विभिन्न प्रकार की वस्तुओं से भरा पड़ा है। इनमें वैरुध्यात्मक द्वंद्वों का भरमार है।

     jagat vibhinn prakār kī vastuõ se bharā paṛā hai. inmẽ vairudhyātmak dvandvõ kā bharmār hai.

     The world is full of distinct things. In these, there's also abundance of contradictory pairs.

Declension

Declension of भरमार (fem cons-stem // masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	भरमार bharmār	भरमारें, भरमार bharmārẽ, bharmār
oblique	भरमार bharmār	भरमारों bharmārõ
vocative	भरमार bharmār	भरमारो bharmāro

Further reading

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “भरमार”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 476.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “भरमार”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 546
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “भरमार”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3623
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भरमार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 761
• “भरमार”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.