बखरी

Hindi

Alternative forms

• बक्खर (bakkhar)
• बाखर (bākhar)
• बखार (bakhār)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Prakrit 𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸𑀭 (vakkhāra)

Prakrit -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-)

Hindi बखरी (bakhrī)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸𑀭 (vakkhāra, “granary”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), perhaps from Sanskrit वक्षकार (vakṣakāra, “basket”), if it is not a later Sanskritisation. Turner also suggests a relation to Sanskrit *व्यास्कर (vyāskara, “scattering”) (whence Prakrit 𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀮 (vakkhala, “covered”)), from कॄ (kṝ).

Cognate with Awadhi बखारि (bakhāri, “granary”), Sindhi وَکارُ (vakhāru, “storehouse”), Punjabi ਬਖਾਰਾ (bakhārā, “basket”), Maithili बखारी (bakhārī), Marathi वखार (vakhār), Gujarati વખાર (vakhār, “warehouse”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bəkʰ.ɾiː/, [bɐkʰ.ɾiː]

Noun

बखरी • (bakhrī) f

1. house (for a single family)

   Synonyms: घर (ghar), मकान (makān)

2. (agriculture) granary, storehouse, godown (clarification of this definition is needed)

   Synonym: गोदाम (godām)

Declension

Declension of बखरी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बखरी bakhrī	बखरियाँ bakhriyā̃
oblique	बखरी bakhrī	बखरियों bakhriyõ
vocative	बखरी bakhrī	बखरियो bakhriyo

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बखरी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बखरी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha