بھار

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi بھار (bhār), from Sanskrit भार (bhārá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰārás, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰorós, from the root *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: pā̀ră IPA^(key): /pä˨ːɾə̆/

Noun

بھار • (bhār) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਾਰ)

1. load, weight

   Synonyms: وَزَن (vazan), بھوج (bhoj), تول (tol)

2. pressure
3. (figuratively) a responsibility

Declension

Declension of بھار
dir. sg.	بھار (bhār)
dir. pl.	بھار (bhār)
	singular	plural
direct	بھار (bhār)	بھار (bhār)
oblique	بھار (bhār)	بھاراں (bhārāṉ)
vocative	بھارا (bhārā)	بھارو (bhāro)
ablative	بھاروں (bhāroṉ)	بھاراں (bhārāṉ)
locative	بھارے (bhāre)	بھارِیں (bhārīṉ)
instrumental	بھاروں (bhāroṉ)	–

Related terms

• بھار چُکّݨا (bhār cukkṇā, “to carry weight; weight-lifting; to bear responsibility”)
• بھارا m (bhārā) / بھاری f (bhārī, “heavy”)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بھار”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “بھار”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਭਾਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhārá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 534

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu باہر (bāhir).

Noun

بھار (bhār)

1. out of the country

Verb

بھار (bhār)

1. defecating