बर्कर

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• वर्कर (varkara)

Etymology

Sanskritization of Prakrit *बक्क-र- (bakka-ra-). Perhaps related to बस्त (basta), बुक्क (bukka), Pali भस्त (bhasta) and maybe even Proto-Germanic *bukkaz (“buck”) and Classical Persian بُز (buz). All of these words are probably derived from a substrate language. The variance in form is perhaps via taboo deformation.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bɐ́ɾ.kɐ.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bɐɾ.kɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

बर्कर • (barkara) stem, m

1. kid, lamb
2. goat
3. any young animal

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of बर्कर

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	बर्करः (barkaraḥ)	बर्करौ (barkarau) बर्करा¹ (barkarā¹)	बर्कराः (barkarāḥ) बर्करासः¹ (barkarāsaḥ¹)
accusative	बर्करम् (barkaram)	बर्करौ (barkarau) बर्करा¹ (barkarā¹)	बर्करान् (barkarān)
instrumental	बर्करेण (barkareṇa)	बर्कराभ्याम् (barkarābhyām)	बर्करैः (barkaraiḥ) बर्करेभिः¹ (barkarebhiḥ¹)
dative	बर्कराय (barkarāya)	बर्कराभ्याम् (barkarābhyām)	बर्करेभ्यः (barkarebhyaḥ)
ablative	बर्करात् (barkarāt)	बर्कराभ्याम् (barkarābhyām)	बर्करेभ्यः (barkarebhyaḥ)
genitive	बर्करस्य (barkarasya)	बर्करयोः (barkarayoḥ)	बर्कराणाम् (barkarāṇām)
locative	बर्करे (barkare)	बर्करयोः (barkarayoḥ)	बर्करेषु (barkareṣu)
vocative	बर्कर (barkara)	बर्करौ (barkarau) बर्करा¹ (barkarā¹)	बर्कराः (barkarāḥ) बर्करासः¹ (barkarāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: बकरा m (bakrā), बकरी f (bakrī)

    Urdu: بکرا m (bakrā), بکری f (bakrī)

• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Bengali: বকরা m (bokra), বকরি f (bokri), বকরী (bokri)
• Northern Indo-Aryan:
  • Nepali: बाख्रा (bākhrā)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਬੱਕਰਾ m (bakkarā), ਬੱਕਰੀ f (bakkarī)

    Shahmukhi script: بکرا m (bakkarā), بکری f (bakkarī)

• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Marathi: बकरा m (bakrā), बकरी f (bakrī)
• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Gujarati: બકરું n (bakrũ), બકરો m (bakro), બકરી f (bakrī)
  • Romani: bakro m, bakri f

References

• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963), Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 436
• Monier Williams (1899), “बर्कर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0722.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bárkara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press