बर्बर
Sanskrit
Etymology
Onomatopoeic, imitating the speech of non-Indo-Aryan language speakers. Compare Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros), Latin balbus, Czech blblati, Lithuanian balbė́ti, Russian болтать (boltatʹ).[1] A late borrowing from Ancient Greek has also been suggested.
Pronunciation
Noun
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of बर्बर (barbara) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | बर्बरः barbaraḥ |
बर्बरौ / बर्बरा¹ barbarau / barbarā¹ |
बर्बराः / बर्बरासः¹ barbarāḥ / barbarāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | बर्बर barbara |
बर्बरौ / बर्बरा¹ barbarau / barbarā¹ |
बर्बराः / बर्बरासः¹ barbarāḥ / barbarāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | बर्बरम् barbaram |
बर्बरौ / बर्बरा¹ barbarau / barbarā¹ |
बर्बरान् barbarān |
Instrumental | बर्बरेण barbareṇa |
बर्बराभ्याम् barbarābhyām |
बर्बरैः / बर्बरेभिः¹ barbaraiḥ / barbarebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | बर्बराय barbarāya |
बर्बराभ्याम् barbarābhyām |
बर्बरेभ्यः barbarebhyaḥ |
Ablative | बर्बरात् barbarāt |
बर्बराभ्याम् barbarābhyām |
बर्बरेभ्यः barbarebhyaḥ |
Genitive | बर्बरस्य barbarasya |
बर्बरयोः barbarayoḥ |
बर्बराणाम् barbarāṇām |
Locative | बर्बरे barbare |
बर्बरयोः barbarayoḥ |
बर्बरेषु barbareṣu |
Notes |
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Adjective
बर्बर • (barbara) stem
Related terms
- बल्बला (balbalā, “stammering”)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “balbalā”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 217
- ^ Monier Williams (1899) “बर्बर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 722.