बछेड़ा بچھیڑا ♣ Eng. wether, veteran

बछेड़ा بچھیڑا ♣ Eng. wether, veteran

[bacʰēṛā], m. a colt, calf.

[◀MIA: Pk. vacchadara- m., °rī- f., vacchayara- m. ‘calf’; Pa. vacchatara- m. ‘weaned calf’, °rī- f. ◀OIA vatsatará- m. ‘young bull or goat before weaning or copulation’, °rī- f. TS. <.vatsá- m. ‘calf, child’ RV., voc. as term of endearment MBh., vatsā- f., ŚāṅkhŚr., vatsaka- m. ‘little calf’ Mn., vatsikā- f. ‘heifer’ Yājñ. ◀PIE *u̯et- ‘year’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. wether ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. veal, veteran ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0137; (Turner, 1966) 11241, 11239; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 592; (MW, 1899) 0915; (Pokorny, 1959) 1175; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.495