Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“fearful”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“fearful”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
भीरुक · noun · masculine
वन । जंगल · उल्लू · एक प्रकार की ईख — Śabdasāgara
भीरुक · adj
डरपोक । कायर — Śabdasāgara
भीरुक · bhīruk · adj.
= bhīru, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 199
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
an owl
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M3 · meaning shifts "bhīruka" is derived from "bhīru" with the ṭhan/ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
bhīru mf(ū or u)n. fearful, timid, cowardly, afraid of (abl. or comp.), RV. &c. &c.
(with paratra) dreading the beyond or the hereafter, Yājñ., Sch. (ifc. expressive of blame, Gaṇar. on Pāṇ. ii, 1, 53)
bhīruka mfn. fearful, timorous, shy, afraid of (comp.), MBh.; Kāv.
formidable, W.
Dictionary citations
bhīruka mfn. fearful, timorous, shy, afraid of (comp.), MBh.; Kāv.
formidable, W.
bhīruka m. an owl, L.
a bear, L.
a kind of sugarcane, Suśr.; Bhpr. &c. (v.l. ˚raka)
bhīru mf(ū or u)n. fearful, timid, cowardly, afraid of (abl. or comp.), RV. &c. &c.
(with paratra) dreading the beyond or the hereafter, Yājñ., Sch. (ifc. expressive of blame, Gaṇar. on Pāṇ. ii, 1, 53)
Alternative readings
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