भ्रमर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भ्रमर (bhramara), doublet of भौंरा (bha͠urā), a tadbhava.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʱɾə.məɾ/, [bʱɾɐ.mɐɾ]

Noun

भ्रमर • (bhramar) m (Urdu spelling بهرمر)

1. a large black bee, the bumblebee
2. lover, gallant, libertine
3. giddiness, vertigo
4. epilepsy

Declension

Declension of भ्रमर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	भ्रमर bhramar	भ्रमर bhramar
oblique	भ्रमर bhramar	भ्रमरों bhramarõ
vocative	भ्रमर bhramar	भ्रमरो bhramaro

References

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভ্ৰমৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬪ᭄ᬭᬫᬭ (Balinese script)
• ভ্রমর (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰿𑰨𑰦𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑁆𑀭𑀫𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ဘြမရ (Burmese script)
• ભ્રમર (Gujarati script)
• ਭ੍ਰਮਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑍍𑌰𑌮𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦿꦩꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂹𑂩𑂧𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಭ್ರಮರ (Kannada script)
• ភ្រមរ (Khmer script)
• ຠ຺ຣມຣ (Lao script)
• ഭ്രമര (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᡵᠠᠮᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘿𑘨𑘦𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠷᠠᠮᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧠𑧈𑧆𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑑂𑐬𑐩𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଭ୍ରମର (Odia script)
• ꢩ꣄ꢬꢪꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑇀𑆫𑆩𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖿𑖨𑖦𑖨 (Siddham script)
• භ්‍රමර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳 𑪙𑩼𑩴𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚶𑚤𑚢𑚤 (Takri script)
• ப்⁴ரமர (Tamil script)
• భ్రమర (Telugu script)
• ภฺรมร (Thai script)
• བྷྲ་མ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑓂𑒩𑒧𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑩇𑨫𑨢𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem- (“to ramble, make noise”).

Noun

भ्रमर • (bhramara) stem, m

1. a large black bee, a kind of bumblebee, any bee

   Synonym: द्विरेफ (dvirepha)

2. gallant, libertine
3. young man, lad
4. potter's wheel
5. a particular position of the hand

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of भ्रमर (bhramara)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भ्रमरः bhramaraḥ	भ्रमरौ / भ्रमरा¹ bhramarau / bhramarā¹	भ्रमराः / भ्रमरासः¹ bhramarāḥ / bhramarāsaḥ¹
Vocative	भ्रमर bhramara	भ्रमरौ / भ्रमरा¹ bhramarau / bhramarā¹	भ्रमराः / भ्रमरासः¹ bhramarāḥ / bhramarāsaḥ¹
Accusative	भ्रमरम् bhramaram	भ्रमरौ / भ्रमरा¹ bhramarau / bhramarā¹	भ्रमरान् bhramarān
Instrumental	भ्रमरेण bhramareṇa	भ्रमराभ्याम् bhramarābhyām	भ्रमरैः / भ्रमरेभिः¹ bhramaraiḥ / bhramarebhiḥ¹
Dative	भ्रमराय bhramarāya	भ्रमराभ्याम् bhramarābhyām	भ्रमरेभ्यः bhramarebhyaḥ
Ablative	भ्रमरात् bhramarāt	भ्रमराभ्याम् bhramarābhyām	भ्रमरेभ्यः bhramarebhyaḥ
Genitive	भ्रमरस्य bhramarasya	भ्रमरयोः bhramarayoḥ	भ्रमराणाम् bhramarāṇām
Locative	भ्रमरे bhramare	भ्रमरयोः bhramarayoḥ	भ्रमरेषु bhramareṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• • Dhivehi: ބުމަރު (bumaru)
  • Sinhalese: බමරය (bamaraya)
• • ⇒ Old Marathi: 𑘥𑘪𑘨𑘰 (bhavarā), 𑘥𑘽𑘪𑘨𑘰 (bhaṃvarā)
• Bengali: ভ্রমর (bhromor), Bengali: ভোমরা (bhōmra)
  • • Marathi: भोवरा (bhovrā)

• Pali: bhamara
• • ⇒ Gujarati: ભમરડો (bhamarḍo)
  • Hindi: भँवर (bhãvar), भौंर (bha͠ur)
    • ⇒ Hindi: भँवरा (bhãvrā), भौंरा (bha͠urā)
  • Nepali : भ्रमर (bhramar)
    • ⇒ Nepali: भँमरा (bhãmarā)
• → Tamil: பிரமரம் (piramaram)
• → Telugu: భ్రమరము (bhramaramu)

References

• “भ्रमर” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 387, column 2.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “भ्रमर”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 211
• Monier Williams (1899) “Bhramara”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 769, column 3.
• Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 629