भेद

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit भेद (bheda).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʱeːd̪/

Noun

भेद • (bhed) m

1. differentiation, difference
2. discrimination Template:+posto
3. a secret, mystery

   Synonym: रहस्य (rahasya)

4. division, split
5. splitting, fissure

References

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

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Marathi

Etymology

From Sanskrit भेद (bheda, “contrast, difference”).

Noun

भेद • (bhed) m

1. (formal, literary) differentiation, discrimination

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). Cognate with Latin findo, fissurus, Ancient Greek φείδομαι (pheídomai), Old English bītan (English bite).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐj.dɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱeː.d̪ɐ/

Noun

भेद • (bhedá) stem, m

1. cleft, partition, splitting
2. contrast, distinction, difference
3. division, disunion
4. fissure

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of भेद
Nom. sg.	भेदः (bhedaḥ)
Gen. sg.	भेदस्य (bhedasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भेदः (bhedaḥ)	भेदौ (bhedau)	भेदाः (bhedāḥ)
Vocative	भेद (bheda)	भेदौ (bhedau)	भेदाः (bhedāḥ)
Accusative	भेदम् (bhedam)	भेदौ (bhedau)	भेदान् (bhedān)
Instrumental	भेदेन (bhedena)	भेदाभ्याम् (bhedābhyām)	भेदैः (bhedaiḥ)
Dative	भेदाय (bhedāya)	भेदाभ्याम् (bhedābhyām)	भेदेभ्यः (bhedebhyaḥ)
Ablative	भेदात् (bhedāt)	भेदाभ्याम् (bhedābhyām)	भेदेभ्यः (bhedebhyaḥ)
Genitive	भेदस्य (bhedasya)	भेदयोः (bhedayoḥ)	भेदानाम् (bhedānām)
Locative	भेदे (bhede)	भेदयोः (bhedayoḥ)	भेदेषु (bhedeṣu)

Descendants

• Indonesian: beda
• Malay: beza
• Tamil: பேதம் (pētam)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “भेद”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 766.