भर्रा
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Awadhi[edit]
Noun[edit]
भर्रा (bharrā)
- sieve to remove soil &c. from grains
- (east awadhi) a stick used to tighten thick rope below a [?stick in spinning wheel]
References[edit]
- Baisavār̥ī śabda sāmarthya p. 102
- Awadhi Shabd-Kosh, भर्रा
- पूर्वी अवधी, आत्माराम त्रिपाठी, p. 177, 207
Hindi[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “See also भर्राना”)
Noun[edit]
भर्रा • (bharrā) m
- evasion, pretext, cajolery
- 1977, Upendranātha Aśka, Cehare aneka[1]:
- नीतिन दा ने उसे भर्रा दे रखा था कि जल्दी वे उसे किसी पिक्चर का स्वतन्त्र निर्देशन दिलायेंगे और इसी लालच में , जैसा कि अश्क ने कहा...
- nītin dā ne use bharrā de rakhā thā ki jaldī ve use kisī pikcar kā svatantra nirdeśan dilāyeṅge aur isī lālac mẽ , jaisā ki aśk ne kahā...
- Nitin Da had given him a cajolery that he will be soon provided independent film direction, and in the same greed, just like Ashk said...
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
भर्रा • (bharrā) m
- a kind of red sandstone
- earth-colored/dully white
- 1956, Nāgarīpracāriṇī patrikā:
- का नाम डामरा पड़ा । बियाना नाम का पत्थर सफेद और भर्रा होता है । वंसी पहाड़पुर नामक पत्थर का रवा मोटा होता है । यह जर्रेदार और भर्रा […]
- kā nām ḍāmrā paṛā . biyānā nām kā patthar saphed aur bharrā hotā hai . vansī pahāṛpur nāmka patthar kā ravā moṭā hotā hai . yah jarredār aur bharrā […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References[edit]
- Hindi Ki Shabd–Sampada, Vidyaniwas Mishra, p. 172
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “भर्रा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भर्रा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press