Saturday, November 8, 2008

भरना بھرنا ♣ Eng. bear, fertile

भरना بھرنا ♣ Eng. bear, fertile

[bʰarnā], v.i.; v.t. to be filled, fill up; to fill.

[◀MIA: Pk. bharaï ‘supports, fills’; Pa. bharati ‘bears, supports, feeds’ (-bharita- ‘filled with’) ◀OIA bhárati ‘bears, brings, keeps’ RV., ‘fills’ Pañcat. (-bharita- ‘nourished, full’ MBh.) <√bhr̥ ‘bear’ ◀PIE *bher- ‘to bear, carry; to give birth’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. bear, burden, birth, bring ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. fertile, offer, fortune ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0187; (Turner, 1966) 9397, p.546; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 499; (MW, 1899) 0764; (Pokorny, 1959) 0128; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.246

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