ਬੇਸੁਮਾਰੁ

See also: ਬੇਸ਼ੁਮਾਰ

Old Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بی‌شمار (bē-šumār). By surface analysis, ਬੇ- (be-) +‎ ਸੁਮਾਰੁ (sumāru).

Adjective

ਬੇਸੁਮਾਰੁ (besumāru) (Shahmukhi بیسُمَارُ)

1. innumerable, incalculable, infinite, inestimable, not to be reckoned (of God)
   • 1604, Guru Arjan, Ādi Granth ang 889:

     ਨਿਹਚਲ ਆਸਨੁ ਬੇਸੁਮਾਰੁ॥

     nihacala āsanu besumāru.

     • 1972 translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

       They obtain a permanent seat in the infinite.

Descendants

• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਬੇਸ਼ੁਮਾਰ (beśumār)

  Shahmukhi script: بے شُمار (be śumār)

References

• Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਬੇਸੁਮਾਰੁ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 309.
• “ਬੇਸੁਮਾਰੁ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024