भरम

Hindi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit भ्रम (bhrama).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʱə.ɾəm/, [bʱɐ.ɾɐ̃m]

Noun

भरम • (bharam) m (Urdu spelling بھَرَم)

1. Synonym of भ्रम (bhram)
   1. perplexity, delusion, confusion
   2. suspicion, doubt

      Synonyms: संदेह (sandeh), संशय (sañśay), शक (śak), गुमान (gumān), रैब (raib), शुबहा (śubhā)

   3. misconception, error, misapprehension
2. credit, repute

Derived terms

• भरम करना (bharam karnā)
• भरम खुलना (bharam khulnā)
• भरम गँवाना (bharam gãvānā)
• भरम बाँधना (bharam bāndhnā)

 

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “भरम”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.