बेडा

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• वेडा (veḍā), भेड (bheḍa), भेल (bhela)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• বেডা (Assamese script)
• ᬩᬾᬟᬵ (Balinese script)
• বেডা (Bengali script)
• 𑰤𑰸𑰚𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀩𑁂𑀟𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဗေဍာ (Burmese script)
• બેડા (Gujarati script)
• ਬੇਡਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌬𑍇𑌡𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦧꦺꦝꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂥𑂵𑂙𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಬೇಡಾ (Kannada script)
• ពេឌា (Khmer script)
• ເພຑາ (Lao script)
• ബേഡാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠪᡝᡷᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘤𑘹𑘚𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠧᢎᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧄𑧚𑦺𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐧𑐾𑐜𑐵 (Newa script)
• ବେଡା (Odia script)
• ꢨꢾꢞꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆧𑆼𑆝𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖤𑖸𑖚𑖯 (Siddham script)
• බෙඩා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩲𑩔𑩨𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚠𑚲𑚖𑚭 (Takri script)
• பே³ட³ா (Tamil script)
• బేడా (Telugu script)
• เพฑา (Thai script)
• བེ་ཌཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒥𑒹𑒛𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨠𑨄𑨖𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paraqu, likely through Dravidian. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bɐj.ɖɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbeː.ɖɑː/

Noun

बेडा • (beḍā) stem, ?

1. boat

Declension

Masculine ā-stem declension of बेडा (beḍā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	बेडा beḍā	बेडे beḍe	बेडाः beḍāḥ
Vocative	बेडे beḍe	बेडे beḍe	बेडाः beḍāḥ
Accusative	बेडाम् beḍām	बेडे beḍe	बेडाः beḍāḥ
Instrumental	बेडया / बेडा¹ beḍayā / beḍā¹	बेडाभ्याम् beḍābhyām	बेडाभिः beḍābhiḥ
Dative	बेडायै beḍāyai	बेडाभ्याम् beḍābhyām	बेडाभ्यः beḍābhyaḥ
Ablative	बेडायाः / बेडायै² beḍāyāḥ / beḍāyai²	बेडाभ्याम् beḍābhyām	बेडाभ्यः beḍābhyaḥ
Genitive	बेडायाः / बेडायै² beḍāyāḥ / beḍāyai²	बेडयोः beḍayoḥ	बेडानाम् beḍānām
Locative	बेडायाम् beḍāyām	बेडयोः beḍayoḥ	बेडासु beḍāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀩𑁂𑀟 (beḍa), 𑀩𑁂𑀟𑀸 (beḍā), 𑀯𑁂𑀟 (veḍa), 𑀪𑁂𑀟 (bheḍa)
  • Sindhi: ٻِيڙِي, ॿेड़ी
  • Hindi: बेड़ा (beṛā)
• Prakrit: 𑀪𑁂𑀮𑀸 (bhelā)
  • Odia: ଭେଳା (bheḷā)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “बेडा”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “9308”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press