بھیڑ

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Urdu

Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀪𑁂𑀟 (*bheḍa), from Sanskrit भेड्र (bheḍra), from a substrate, possibly Munda.[1] Cognate with Bengali ভেড়া (bheṛa), Bhojpuri भेड़ा (bhēṛā), Gujarati ભેડ (bheḍ), and Punjabi ਭੇਡ (bheḍ).

Pronunciation

Noun

بھیڑ • (bheṛ) f (masculine بھیڑا (bheṛā), Hindi spelling भेड़)

  1. sheep
  2. ewe

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀪𑀻𑀟 (*bhīḍa), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀪𑀺𑀝𑁆 (*bhiṭ).[2] Cognate with Bengali ভিড় (bhiṛ), Gujarati ભીડ (bhīḍ), Marathi भीड (bhīḍ), and Punjabi ਭੀੜ (bhīṛ).

Pronunciation

Noun

بِھیڑ • (bhīṛ) f (Hindi spelling भीड़)

  1. crowd, mob, swarm

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhedra-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhiṭ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading

  • “بھیڑ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “بھیڑ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بھیڑ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “بھیڑ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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