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