𑀪𑀫𑀭

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• bhamara (Latin script)
• भमर (Devanagari script)
• ভমর (Bengali script)
• භමර (Sinhalese script)
• ဘမရ or ꧤမရ (Burmese script)
• ภมร or ภะมะระ (Thai script)
• ᨽᨾᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ຠມຣ or ຠະມະຣະ (Lao script)
• ភមរ (Khmer script)
• 𑄞𑄟𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

𑀪𑀫𑀭 m

1. Brahmi script form of bhamara (“bee”)

Declension

Declension table of "𑀪𑀫𑀭" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	𑀪𑀫𑀭𑁄 (bhamaro)	𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀸 (bhamarā)
Accusative (second)	𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀁 (bhamaraṃ)	𑀪𑀫𑀭𑁂 (bhamare)
Instrumental (third)	𑀪𑀫𑀭𑁂𑀦 (bhamarena)	𑀪𑀫𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀺 (bhamarehi) or 𑀪𑀫𑀭𑁂𑀪𑀺 (bhamarebhi)
Dative (fourth)	𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲 (bhamarassa) or 𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀸𑀬 (bhamarāya) or 𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀁 (bhamaratthaṃ)	𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀸𑀦𑀁 (bhamarānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀸 (bhamarasmā) or 𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸 (bhamaramhā) or 𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀸 (bhamarā)	𑀪𑀫𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀺 (bhamarehi) or 𑀪𑀫𑀭𑁂𑀪𑀺 (bhamarebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲 (bhamarassa)	𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀸𑀦𑀁 (bhamarānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀺𑀁 (bhamarasmiṃ) or 𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀺 (bhamaramhi) or 𑀪𑀫𑀭𑁂 (bhamare)	𑀪𑀫𑀭𑁂𑀲𑀼 (bhamaresu)
Vocative (calling)	𑀪𑀫𑀭 (bhamara)	𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀸 (bhamarā)

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit भ्रमर (bhramara). Cognate with Pali bhamara.

Noun

𑀪𑀫𑀭 (bhamara) m (Devanagari भमर, feminine 𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀻)

1. bee; bumblebee

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀪𑀫𑀭 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀪𑀫𑀭𑁄 (bhamaro)	𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀸 (bhamarā)
Accusative	𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀁 (bhamaraṃ)	𑀪𑀫𑀭𑁂 (bhamare) or 𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀸 (bhamarā)
Instrumental	𑀪𑀫𑀭𑁂𑀡 (bhamareṇa) or 𑀪𑀫𑀭𑁂𑀡𑀁 (bhamareṇaṃ)	𑀪𑀫𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀺 (bhamarehi) or 𑀪𑀫𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (bhamarehiṃ)
Dative	𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀸𑀅 (bhamarāa)	—
Ablative	𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀸𑀑 (bhamarāo) or 𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀸𑀉 (bhamarāu) or 𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀸 (bhamarā) or 𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀺 (bhamarāhi) or 𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (bhamarāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲 (bhamarassa)	𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀸𑀡 (bhamarāṇa) or 𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀁 (bhamarāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (bhamarammi) or 𑀪𑀫𑀭𑁂 (bhamare)	𑀪𑀫𑀭𑁂𑀲𑀼 (bhamaresu) or 𑀪𑀫𑀭𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (bhamaresuṃ)
Vocative	𑀪𑀫𑀭 (bhamara) or 𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀸 (bhamarā)	𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀸 (bhamarā)

Further reading

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 202.
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 107.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhramará”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press