बर्बर

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic, imitating the speech of non-Indo-Aryan language speakers. Compare Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros), Latin balbus, Czech blblati, Lithuanian balbė́ti, Russian болтать (boltatʹ).[1] A late borrowing from Ancient Greek has also been suggested.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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बर्बर (barbara) stemm [2]

  1. barbarian, foreigner, non-Aryan
    Synonyms: म्लेच्छ (mleccha), यवन (yavana)
  2. blockhead, idiot

Declension

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Masculine a-stem declension of बर्बर (barbara)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative बर्बरः
barbaraḥ
बर्बरौ / बर्बरा¹
barbarau / barbarā¹
बर्बराः / बर्बरासः¹
barbarāḥ / barbarāsaḥ¹
Vocative बर्बर
barbara
बर्बरौ / बर्बरा¹
barbarau / barbarā¹
बर्बराः / बर्बरासः¹
barbarāḥ / barbarāsaḥ¹
Accusative बर्बरम्
barbaram
बर्बरौ / बर्बरा¹
barbarau / barbarā¹
बर्बरान्
barbarān
Instrumental बर्बरेण
barbareṇa
बर्बराभ्याम्
barbarābhyām
बर्बरैः / बर्बरेभिः¹
barbaraiḥ / barbarebhiḥ¹
Dative बर्बराय
barbarāya
बर्बराभ्याम्
barbarābhyām
बर्बरेभ्यः
barbarebhyaḥ
Ablative बर्बरात्
barbarāt
बर्बराभ्याम्
barbarābhyām
बर्बरेभ्यः
barbarebhyaḥ
Genitive बर्बरस्य
barbarasya
बर्बरयोः
barbarayoḥ
बर्बराणाम्
barbarāṇām
Locative बर्बरे
barbare
बर्बरयोः
barbarayoḥ
बर्बरेषु
barbareṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Adjective

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बर्बर (barbara) stem

  1. stammering, stuttering
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References

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  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “balbalā”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 217
  2. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “बर्बर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 722.