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Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भार्या (bhāryā̀).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /bʱɑːɾ.jɑː/,
Noun
भार्या • (bhāryā) f
- (literary) wife
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:पत्नी
Declension
Declension of भार्या (fem ā-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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भार्या
bhāryā
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भार्याएँ
bhāryāẽ
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| oblique
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भार्या
bhāryā
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भार्याओं
bhāryāõ
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| vocative
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भार्या
bhāryā
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भार्याओ
bhāryāo
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Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “भार्या”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “भार्या”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भार्या”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Etymology
Feminine of भार्य (bhāryà); literally meaning "female to be supported/endured". The sense "female of an animal" is formed by further extending the sense "wife".
Pronunciation
Noun
भार्या • (bhāryā̀) stem, f (metrical Vedic bhāríyā)
- a wife
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:भार्या
- female mate of an animal
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “भार्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 754, column 1.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “bhāryā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “भार्या”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “भार्या”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhāryāˋ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press