भाड़

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʱɑːɽ/, [bʱäːɽ]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀪𑀸𑀟 (bhāḍa), from Sanskrit भ्राष्ट्र (bhrāṣṭra, “gridiron”).

Noun

भाड़ • (bhāṛ) m (Urdu spelling بھَاڑ)

1. oven (for parching grain)

   Hypernym: भट्ठी (bhaṭṭhī)

   भाड़ में जाओ!

   bhāṛ mẽ jāo!

   Go to hell!

   (literally, “Go in an oven!”)

Declension

Declension of भाड़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	भाड़ bhāṛ	भाड़ bhāṛ
oblique	भाड़ bhāṛ	भाड़ों bhāṛõ
vocative	भाड़ bhāṛ	भाड़ो bhāṛo

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀪𑀸𑀟 (*bhāḍa), 𑀪𑀸𑀟𑀕 (bhāḍaga, “hire”), from Sanskrit *भार्त (bhārta), from the root भृ (bhṛ, “to bear”).

Noun

भाड़ • (bhāṛ) m (Urdu spelling بھَاڑ)

1. wages from prostitution

Declension

Declension of भाड़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	भाड़ bhāṛ	भाड़ bhāṛ
oblique	भाड़ bhāṛ	भाड़ों bhāṛõ
vocative	भाड़ bhāṛ	भाड़ो bhāṛo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भाड़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhrāṣṭra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*bhārta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press