बलीवर्द

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• बलिवर्द (balivárda)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• বলীৱৰ্দ (Assamese script)
• ᬩᬮᬷᬯᬃᬤ (Balinese script)
• বলীবর্দ (Bengali script)
• 𑰤𑰩𑰱𑰪𑰨𑰿𑰟 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀩𑀮𑀻𑀯𑀭𑁆𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• ဗလီဝရ်္ဒ (Burmese script)
• બલીવર્દ (Gujarati script)
• ਬਲੀਵਰੑਦ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌬𑌲𑍀𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌦 (Grantha script)
• ꦧꦭꦷꦮꦂꦢ (Javanese script)
• 𑂥𑂪𑂲𑂫𑂩𑂹𑂠 (Kaithi script)
• ಬಲೀವರ್ದ (Kannada script)
• ពលីវទ៌ (Khmer script)
• ພລີວຣ຺ທ (Lao script)
• ബലീവര്ദ (Malayalam script)
• ᠪᠠᠯᡳᡳᠸᠠᡵᡩᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘤𑘩𑘲𑘪𑘨𑘿𑘟 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠠᠯᠢᠢᠸᠠᠷᢑᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧄𑧉𑧓𑧊𑧈𑧠𑦿 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐧𑐮𑐷𑐰𑐬𑑂𑐡 (Newa script)
• ବଲୀଵର୍ଦ (Odia script)
• ꢨꢭꢷꢮꢬ꣄ꢣ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆧𑆬𑆵𑆮𑆫𑇀𑆢 (Sharada script)
• 𑖤𑖩𑖱𑖪𑖨𑖿𑖟 (Siddham script)
• බලීවර්‍ද (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩲𑩽𑩑𑩛𑩾𑩼 𑪙𑩭 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚠𑚥𑚯𑚦𑚤𑚶𑚛 (Takri script)
• ப³லீவர்த³ (Tamil script)
• బలీవర్ద (Telugu script)
• พลีวรฺท (Thai script)
• བ་ལཱི་ཝ་རྡ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒥𑒪𑒲𑒫𑒩𑓂𑒠 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨠𑨬𑨁𑨊𑨭𑨫𑩇𑨛 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

A compound of बली (balī, “strong”) +‎ वर्द (varda, “ox”), with the first element from बल (bala, “strength”) +‎ -ई (-ī, possessive suffix), and the second element from a non-Aryan substrate.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bɐ.liː.ʋɐ́ɾ.dɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /bɐ.l̪iːˈʋɐɾ.d̪ɐ/

Noun

बलीवर्द • (balīvárda) stem, m

1. bull, ox

   Synonyms: वृषभ (vṛṣabha), उक्षाण (ukṣāṇa)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of बलीवर्द (balīvárda)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	बलीवर्दः balīvárdaḥ	बलीवर्दौ / बलीवर्दा¹ balīvárdau / balīvárdā¹	बलीवर्दाः / बलीवर्दासः¹ balīvárdāḥ / balīvárdāsaḥ¹
Vocative	बलीवर्द bálīvarda	बलीवर्दौ / बलीवर्दा¹ bálīvardau / bálīvardā¹	बलीवर्दाः / बलीवर्दासः¹ bálīvardāḥ / bálīvardāsaḥ¹
Accusative	बलीवर्दम् balīvárdam	बलीवर्दौ / बलीवर्दा¹ balīvárdau / balīvárdā¹	बलीवर्दान् balīvárdān
Instrumental	बलीवर्देन balīvárdena	बलीवर्दाभ्याम् balīvárdābhyām	बलीवर्दैः / बलीवर्देभिः¹ balīvárdaiḥ / balīvárdebhiḥ¹
Dative	बलीवर्दाय balīvárdāya	बलीवर्दाभ्याम् balīvárdābhyām	बलीवर्देभ्यः balīvárdebhyaḥ
Ablative	बलीवर्दात् balīvárdāt	बलीवर्दाभ्याम् balīvárdābhyām	बलीवर्देभ्यः balīvárdebhyaḥ
Genitive	बलीवर्दस्य balīvárdasya	बलीवर्दयोः balīvárdayoḥ	बलीवर्दानाम् balīvárdānām
Locative	बलीवर्दे balīvárde	बलीवर्दयोः balīvárdayoḥ	बलीवर्देषु balīvárdeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀩𑀮𑀻𑀯𑀤𑁆𑀤 (balīvadda), 𑀩𑀮𑀺𑀯𑀤𑁆𑀤 (balivadda), 𑀩𑀮𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀤 (balidda), 𑀩𑀮𑀤𑁆𑀤 (baladda​)
  • Assamese: বলদ (bolod), বলধ (bolodh)
  • Awadhi: बर्धु (bardhu)
  • Bengali: বলদ (bolod)
  • Bhojpuri: बरध (baradh)
  • Gujarati: બળદ (baḷda)
  • Hindi: बलद (balad), बरद (barad), बरध (baradh), बर्धा (bardhā)
  • Maithili: बरद (barad)
  • Punjabi: ਬਲ੍ਦ੍ (bald), ਬਲ੍ਧ੍ (baldh), ਬਲ੍ਹ੍ਦ (balhd), ਬਲੇਦ (baled)
  • Odia: ବଳଦ (bôḷôdô)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “बलीवर्द”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 724.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “balivarda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 518