भीड़

See also: भेड़ा, भंड, भाड़ा, भिड़, भेड़, and भाडा

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀪𑀻𑀟 (*bhīḍa) (compare 𑀪𑀻𑀟𑀤𑀺 (bhīḍadi, “to meet, fight”)), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀪𑀺𑀝𑁆 (*bhiṭ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bʱiːɽ/

Noun

भीड़ • (bhīṛ) f (Urdu spelling بھیڑ)

1. crowd

   Synonym: जमघट (jamghaṭ)

   भीड़ पर अश्रु-गैस छोड़ी गई।

   bhīṛ par aśru-gais choṛī gaī.

   Tear-gas was let loose on the crowd.

   यहाँ भीड़ मत लगाइए। ― yahā̃ bhīṛ mat lagāie. ― Do not crowd this place.

2. rush, traffic, crowding

Declension

Declension of भीड़ (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	भीड़ bhīṛ	भीड़ें bhīṛẽ
oblique	भीड़ bhīṛ	भीड़ों bhīṛõ
vocative	भीड़ bhīṛ	भीड़ो bhīṛo

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “भीड़”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “भीड़”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhiṭ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press