बर्बर

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
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

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

Noun

बर्बर • (barbara) stem, m [2]

  1. barbarian, foreigner, non-Aryan
    Synonyms: म्लेच्छ (mleccha), यवन (yavana)
  2. blockhead, idiot

Declension
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
  • ¹Vedic

Adjective

बर्बर • (barbara) stem

  1. stammering, stuttering
  • बल्बला (balbalā, “stammering”)

References
  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “balbalā”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 217
  2. Monier Williams (1899) “बर्बर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 722.
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