Etymology

Borrowed from SanskritCategory:Hindi terms borrowed from Sanskrit#भ्रमरCategory:Hindi terms derived from Sanskrit#भ्रमर भ्रमर (bhramara), doublet of भौंरा (bha͠urā)Category:Hindi doublets#भ्रमर, a tadbhava.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /bʱɾə.məɾ/, [bʱɾɐ.mɐɾ]Category:Hindi terms with IPA pronunciation#भ्रमर

Noun

भ्रमर • (bhramar) m (Urdu spelling بهرمر)Category:Hindi lemmas#भ्रमरCategory:Hindi nouns#भ्रमरCategory:Hindi entries with incorrect language header#भ्रमरCategory:Hindi masculine nouns#भ्रमरCategory:Pages with entries#भ्रमरCategory:Pages with 2 entries#भ्रमर

1. a large black bee, the bumblebee
2. lover, gallant, libertine
3. giddiness, vertigo
4. epilepsy

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “भ्रमर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “भ्रमर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From the root भ्रम् (bhram, “to wander”) +‎ -अर (-ara)Category:Sanskrit terms suffixed with -अर#भ्रमरCategory:Sanskrit terms belonging to the root भ्रम्#भ्रमर

Related to Ashkun bamā (“hornet”), Waigali bramā (“hornet”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɾɐ.mɐ.ɾɐ/Category:Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation#भ्रमर
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱɾɐ.mɐ.ɾɐ/Category:Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation#भ्रमर

Noun

भ्रमर • (bhramara) stem, mCategory:Sanskrit lemmas#भ्रमरCategory:Sanskrit nouns#भ्रमरCategory:Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script#भ्रमरCategory:Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header#भ्रमरCategory:Sanskrit masculine nouns#भ्रमरCategory:Pages with entries#भ्रमरCategory:Pages with 2 entries#भ्रमर

1. a large black bee, a kind of bumblebee, any bee

   Synonym: द्विरेफ (dvirepha)

2. gallant, libertine
3. young man, lad
4. potter's wheel
5. a particular position of the hand
6. top (toy)

References

• “भ्रमर” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 387, column 2.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “भ्रमर”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 211
• Monier Williams (1899), “Bhramara”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 769, column 3.
• Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 629

Further reading

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “bhramara”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.