बर्बर
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- বৰ্বৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬩᬃᬩᬭ (Balinese script)
- বর্বর (Bengali script)
- 𑰤𑰨𑰿𑰤𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀩𑀭𑁆𑀩𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ဗရ်္ဗရ (Burmese script)
- બર્બર (Gujarati script)
- ਬਰ੍ਬਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌬𑌰𑍍𑌬𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦧꦂꦧꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂥𑂩𑂹𑂥𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಬರ್ಬರ (Kannada script)
- ពព៌រ (Khmer script)
- ພຣ຺ພຣ (Lao script)
- ബര്ബര (Malayalam script)
- ᠪᠠᡵᠪᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘤𑘨𑘿𑘤𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠠᠷᠪᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧄𑧈𑧠𑧄𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐧𑐬𑑂𑐧𑐬 (Newa script)
- ବର୍ବର (Odia script)
- ꢨꢬ꣄ꢨꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆧𑆫𑇀𑆧𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖤𑖨𑖿𑖤𑖨 (Siddham script)
- බර්බර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩲𑩼 𑪙𑩲𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚠𑚤𑚶𑚠𑚤 (Takri script)
- ப³ர்ப³ர (Tamil script)
- బర్బర (Telugu script)
- พรฺพร (Thai script)
- བ་རྦ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒥𑒩𑓂𑒥𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨠𑨫𑩇𑨠𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]Onomatopoeic, imitating the speech of non-Indo-Aryan language speakers. Compare Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros), Latin balbus, Czech blblati, Lithuanian balbė́ti, Russian болтать (boltatʹ).[1] A late borrowing from Ancient Greek has also been suggested.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Declension
[edit]| Masculine a-stem declension of बर्बर (barbara) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | बर्बरः barbaraḥ |
बर्बरौ / बर्बरा¹ barbarau / barbarā¹ |
बर्बराः / बर्बरासः¹ barbarāḥ / barbarāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | बर्बर barbara |
बर्बरौ / बर्बरा¹ barbarau / barbarā¹ |
बर्बराः / बर्बरासः¹ barbarāḥ / barbarāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | बर्बरम् barbaram |
बर्बरौ / बर्बरा¹ barbarau / barbarā¹ |
बर्बरान् barbarān |
| Instrumental | बर्बरेण barbareṇa |
बर्बराभ्याम् barbarābhyām |
बर्बरैः / बर्बरेभिः¹ barbaraiḥ / barbarebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | बर्बराय barbarāya |
बर्बराभ्याम् barbarābhyām |
बर्बरेभ्यः barbarebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | बर्बरात् barbarāt |
बर्बराभ्याम् barbarābhyām |
बर्बरेभ्यः barbarebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | बर्बरस्य barbarasya |
बर्बरयोः barbarayoḥ |
बर्बराणाम् barbarāṇām |
| Locative | बर्बरे barbare |
बर्बरयोः barbarayoḥ |
बर्बरेषु barbareṣu |
| Notes |
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Adjective
[edit]बर्बर • (barbara) stem
Related terms
[edit]- बल्बला (balbalā, “stammering”)
References
[edit]- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “balbalā”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 217
- ^ Monier Williams (1899) “बर्बर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 722.