भार

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit भार (bhāra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bʱɑːɾ/,

Noun

भार • (bhār) m

1. burden, load, weight

   Synonym: बोझ (bojh)

2. weight, heft

   Synonym: वज़न (vazan)

Declension

Derived terms

• भारवहन (bhāravhan)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 760

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰārás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰārás, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰorós, from the root *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”). Cognate with Proto-Iranian *bāráh (whence Avestan 𐬠𐬁𐬭𐬀 (bāra), Old Median *-βārə́h) and Ancient Greek φορός (phorós, “bearing, carrying, tending”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɑː.ɾɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱɑː.ɾɐ/

Adjective

भार • (bhārá) stem

1. bearing, carrying, holding
2. bringing; bestowing, granting
3. burdened, loaded, weighed down

Declension

Noun

भार • (bhārá) stem, m

1. burden, load, weight
2. labor, toil
3. an onerous task
4. a particular manner of beating a drum

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “भार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 753.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 539