भेड्र

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

Related to मेण्ढ (meṇḍha, ram) and मेण्ढ्र (meṇḍhra, ram; penis); all of substrate, possibly Munda, origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

भेड्र (bheḍra) stemm

  1. sheep, ram

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of भेड्र (bheḍra)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative भेड्रः
bheḍraḥ
भेड्रौ / भेड्रा¹
bheḍrau / bheḍrā¹
भेड्राः / भेड्रासः¹
bheḍrāḥ / bheḍrāsaḥ¹
Vocative भेड्र
bheḍra
भेड्रौ / भेड्रा¹
bheḍrau / bheḍrā¹
भेड्राः / भेड्रासः¹
bheḍrāḥ / bheḍrāsaḥ¹
Accusative भेड्रम्
bheḍram
भेड्रौ / भेड्रा¹
bheḍrau / bheḍrā¹
भेड्रान्
bheḍrān
Instrumental भेड्रेण
bheḍreṇa
भेड्राभ्याम्
bheḍrābhyām
भेड्रैः / भेड्रेभिः¹
bheḍraiḥ / bheḍrebhiḥ¹
Dative भेड्राय
bheḍrāya
भेड्राभ्याम्
bheḍrābhyām
भेड्रेभ्यः
bheḍrebhyaḥ
Ablative भेड्रात्
bheḍrāt
भेड्राभ्याम्
bheḍrābhyām
भेड्रेभ्यः
bheḍrebhyaḥ
Genitive भेड्रस्य
bheḍrasya
भेड्रयोः
bheḍrayoḥ
भेड्राणाम्
bheḍrāṇām
Locative भेड्रे
bheḍre
भेड्रयोः
bheḍrayoḥ
भेड्रेषु
bheḍreṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

Borrowed terms
  • ? Malay: biri-biri (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “भेड्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0766, column 1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 373