بڈیر

Kalami

Etymology

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Sanskrit *वर्धिर (vardhira)

Kalami بڈیر

Inherited from Sanskrit *वर्धिर (vardhira). Cognate with Phalura baḍhíir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʌɖir/, [bʌˈɖiːʔr̥]

Noun

بَڈِیر (bäḍīr) m

1. sledgehammer

References

• Baart, Joan L. G. (1997) “bäḍīr”, in The sounds and tones of Kalam Kohistani: with wordlist and texts (Studies in Languages of Northern Pakistan; 1)‎^[1], National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University; Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 80
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*vardhira”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 664