बार

See also: बारे, बुऱा, बारी, बुरा, ब़ीरौ, and बीर

Bodo (India)

Noun

बार (bar) (Latin script bar)

1. air
2. (Bathouism) one of the five principles: air

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /bɑːɾ/, [bäːɾ]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit वार (vāra), from Sanskrit वार (vāra). Doublet of वार (vār), a tatsama.

Noun

बार • (bār) f (Urdu spelling بار)

1. occasion, time

   Synonym: दफ़ा (dafā)

   तू अगली बार क्या अलग करेगा?

   tū aglī bār kyā alag karegā?

   What will you do differently next time?

   दो बार ― do bār ― twice

Declension

Declension of बार (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बार bār	बारें bārẽ
oblique	बार bār	बारों bārõ
vocative	बार bār	बारो bāro

Derived terms

• के बारे (ke bāre)
• के बारे में (ke bāre mẽ)
• बार बार (bār bār)
• बारा (bārā)
• बारी (bārī)

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr

Sanskrit द्वार् (dvār)

Sanskrit द्वार (dvāra)

Prakrit 𑀩𑀸𑀭 (bāra)

Hindi बार

Inherited from Prakrit बार (bāra), from Sanskrit द्वार (dvāra). Doublet of द्वार (dvār) and दर (dar). Cognate with Marathi दार (dār), Punjabi ਬਾਰ (bār), and distantly with English door.

Noun

बार • (bār) m (Urdu spelling بار)

1. gate, doorway
2. access

Declension

Declension of बार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बार bār	बार bār
oblique	बार bār	बारों bārõ
vocative	बार bār	बारो bāro

Derived terms

• घरबार (gharbār)
• दरबार (darbār)
• बारगाह (bārgāh, “court”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “बार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Old Awadhi

Etymology

From Sanskrit वार (vāra).

Noun

बार (bāra) f

1. time, occasion
   • c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Rāmacaritamānasa:

     मंत्रिन्ह सहित इहाँ एक बारा। बैठ रहेउँ मैं करत बिचारा॥
     गगन पंथ देखी मैं जाता। परबस परी बहुत बिलपाता॥

     maṃtrinha sahita ihām̐ eka bārā. baiṭha raheum̐ maiṃ karata bicārā.
     gagana paṃtha dekhī maiṃ jātā. parabasa parī bahuta bilapātā.

     Once (one occasion), while I was sitting here with my ministers...

Declension

Declension of बार
(fem cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	बार	बार
oblique	बार बारहि बारहिं बारइ	बारन्ह बारन्हि बारनि बारन
vocative	बार	बार

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀩𑀸𑀭 (bāra), from Sanskrit द्वार (dvāra).

Noun

बार • (bāra)

1. gateway

Descendants

• Gujarati: બાર (bār)