भेरी

Sanskrit

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐ́j.ɾiː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱeː.ɾiː/
• Hyphenation: भे‧री

Noun

भेरी • (bhérī) stem, f

1. (music) a kettle-drum

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of भेरी (bhérī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भेरी bhérī	भेर्यौ / भेरी¹ bhéryau / bhérī¹	भेर्यः / भेरीः¹ bhéryaḥ / bhérīḥ¹
Vocative	भेरि bhéri	भेर्यौ / भेरी¹ bhéryau / bhérī¹	भेर्यः / भेरीः¹ bhéryaḥ / bhérīḥ¹
Accusative	भेरीम् bhérīm	भेर्यौ / भेरी¹ bhéryau / bhérī¹	भेरीः bhérīḥ
Instrumental	भेर्या bhéryā	भेरीभ्याम् bhérībhyām	भेरीभिः bhérībhiḥ
Dative	भेर्यै bhéryai	भेरीभ्याम् bhérībhyām	भेरीभ्यः bhérībhyaḥ
Ablative	भेर्याः / भेर्यै² bhéryāḥ / bhéryai²	भेरीभ्याम् bhérībhyām	भेरीभ्यः bhérībhyaḥ
Genitive	भेर्याः / भेर्यै² bhéryāḥ / bhéryai²	भेर्योः bhéryoḥ	भेरीणाम् bhérīṇām
Locative	भेर्याम् bhéryām	भेर्योः bhéryoḥ	भेरीषु bhérīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Pali: bhēri
• Prakrit: 𑀪𑁂𑀭𑀻 (bherī)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Gujarati: ભેરિ (bheri)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ބެރު (beru)
      • Sinhalese: බෙරය (beraya)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Marathi: भेर (bher)
  • Western:
    • Takka Apabhramsa:
      • Punjabi:
        • Lahnda: بھیہَر (bhehar)
    • Vracada Apabhramsa:
      • Sindhi: bheri

        Arabic script: ڀيرِ

        Devanagari script: भेरि

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bheri”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 548