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Urdu
Etymology
Sanskrit भ्रमर (bhramara) Urdu بَھن٘وَر (bhãvar)
Inherited from Middle Hindi بھنور (bhnvr /bhãvar/) (c. 1658),[1] from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀪𑀫𑀭 (bhamara), from Sanskrit भ्रमर (bhramará, “large black bee; spinning top”).[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
بَھن٘وَر • (bhãvar) m (Hindi spelling भँवर)
- whirlpool, vortex
- a bumblebee, black bee
- (figuratively) rotation, circle
Declension
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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بَھن٘وَر (bhãvar)
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بَھن٘وَر (bhãvar)
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| oblique
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بَھن٘وَر (bhãvar)
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بَھن٘وَروں (bhãvarõ)
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| vocative
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بَھن٘وَر (bhãvar)
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بَھن٘وَرو (bhãvaro)
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References
- ^ “بھنور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhramará”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further reading
- “بھنور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “بھنور”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]