As a Hindi name
भेड · noun · masculine
भेड़ · तरणि । भेरा — Śabdasāgara
भेड़ · bheṛ · s.f.
= bheṛ, bheri, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 200
भेड़ · bheṛ · s.f.
Sheep, ewe ( = bheṛī) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 200
भेड़ · feminine
sheep; ewe
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit भेड्र — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit, from Sanskrit भेड्र (bheḍra), from Munda.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
bheḍra m. a ram, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a ram, (cf. eḍa, bheḍra and bheṇḍa)
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Dictionary citations
bheḍa m. a ram, L. (cf. eḍa, bheḍra and bheṇḍa)
a raft, float, L. (cf. bhela)
N. of a lexicographer and a physician, Cat.
of a Ṛṣi, L.
bheḍa m. (-ḍaḥ) 1 A ram, a sheep. 2 A raft, a float. 3 The name of a saint. f. (-ḍī) A ewe. E. bhila a Sautra root, to separate, aff. ac, and la changed to ḍa; also with kan added, bheḍaka.
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