Tuesday, May 26, 2009

भारी بھاری ♣ Eng. bear, fertile

भारी بھاری ♣ Eng. bear, fertile

[bʰārī], adj. heavy, weighty, enormous.

[◀MIA ∙∙∙ ◀OIA bhārika- ‘forming a load, heavy’ Suśr. <bhārá- m. ‘burden, weight’ RV. <√bhr̥ ‘bear’ ◀PIE *bher- ‘to bear, carry’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. bear, burden, birth, bring ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. fertile, offer, fortune ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0178; (Turner, 1966) 9465, 9459, p.546; (MW, 1899) 0753, 0764; (Pokorny, 1959) 0128; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.246

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