As a Hindi name
भेल · noun · masculine
एक प्राचीन ऋषि का नाम · नाव । नौका । भेरा (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
भेल · adj
कादर । डरपोक । भीरु · चंचल · मूर्ख । बेवकूफ — Śabdasāgara
भेल · bhel · s.f.
Mixture, mixed or mingled state; that which is added and mixed, alloy — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 200
भेल · feminine
a mixture, something mixed in a mixture
a Hindi word of Prakrit origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Sanskrit अभि- (abhi-) Proto-Indo-European *wert- Sanskrit वृत् (vṛt) Sanskrit अभिवृत् (abhivṛt)aph.? Ashokan Prakrit *𑀪𑀺𑀝𑁆 (*bhiṭ)der. Prakrit 𑀪𑁂𑀮𑁂𑀇 (bhelei)der. Hindi भेल Derived from Prakrit 𑀪𑁂𑀮𑁂𑀇 (bhelei), related to भीड़ (bhīṛ).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
timid
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
bhela mfn. (only L.) timid
foolish, ignorant
till
active, restless
(also ˚laka) = laghiṣṭha
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