As a Hindi name
भेद
जिनके शरीर संकुचित रहते हैं, पर चलने की दशा में फैल जाते हैं, जैसे,— जोंक — Śabdasāgara
भेद · noun · masculine
भेदने की क्रिया । छेदने या अलग करने की क्रिया · प्राचीन राजनीति के अनुसार शत्रु को वश में करने के चार उपायों में से तीसरा उपाय जिसके अनुसार शत्रुपक्ष के लोगों को बहकाकर अपनी ओर मिला लिया जाता है अथवा उनमें परस्पर द्वेष उत्पन्न कर दिया जता है · भीतरी छिपा हुआ हाल । रहस्य — Śabdasāgara
भेद · bhed · s.m.
Breaking, separation, disunion, difference, disagreement, interruption, disturbance; betrayal; breach, rupture, fracture; fissure, chasm, cleft — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 199
भेद · masculine
differentiation, difference; discrimination; a secret, mystery; division, split
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi भे॒द — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Sanskrit भिद् (bhid) Sanskrit भे॒द (bhedá)lbor. Hindi भेद Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भे॒द (bhedá).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
breaking, splitting, cleaving, rending, tearing, piercing (also pass. the being broken &c.), &c.
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Dictionary citations
bheda &c. See p. 766.
bheda m. (√ bhid) breaking, splitting, cleaving, rending, tearing, piercing (also pass. the being broken &c.), KātyŚr.; Yājñ.; MBh.; Kāv. &c.
breaking open, disclosing, divulging, betrayal (of a secret, cf. rahasya-bh˚)
bursting asunder, opening, gaping, parting asunder, BhP.; Suśr.
bursting forth or out, expanding, blossoming, shooting out, sprouting, Kālid.; Bālar.
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