# भरण
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भरण (bharaṇa).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /bʱə.ɾəɳ/, [bʱɐ.ɾɐ̃ɳ]

### Noun

भरण • (bharaṇ) m (Urdu spelling بَھرَن)
* the act of carrying, bearing, supporting, maintaining, sustaining, nourishing, filling, satisfying, paying

#### Declension
### References

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “भरण”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3620
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भरण”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 760
* Platts, John T. (1884) “भरण”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 187
* “بَھرَن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* bharaṇa (Latin script)
* 𑀪𑀭𑀡 (Brahmi script)
* ভরণ (Bengali script)
* භරණ (Sinhalese script)
* ဘရဏ or ꧤရꧣ (Burmese script)
* ภรณ or ภะระณะ (Thai script)
* ᨽᩁᨱ (Tai Tham script)
* ຠຣຓ or ຠະຣະຓະ (Lao script)
* ភរណ (Khmer script)
* 𑄞𑄢𑄕 (Chakma script)

### Noun

भरण n
* Devanagari script form of bharaṇa

#### Declension
## Prakrit
### Noun

भरण (bharaṇa) n
* Devanagari script form of 𑀪𑀭𑀡

### References

* Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “भरण”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 646.

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ভৰণ (Assamese script)
* ᬪᬭᬡ (Balinese script)
* ভরণ (Bengali script)
* 𑰥𑰨𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀪𑀭𑀡 (Brahmi script)
* ဘရဏ (Burmese script)
* ભરણ (Gujarati script)
* ਭਰਣ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌭𑌰𑌣 (Grantha script)
* ꦨꦫꦟ (Javanese script)
* 𑂦𑂩𑂝 (Kaithi script)
* ಭರಣ (Kannada script)
* ភរណ (Khmer script)
* ຠຣຓ (Lao script)
* ഭരണ (Malayalam script)
* ᢨᠠᡵᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘥𑘨𑘜 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠾᠠᠷᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧅𑧈𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐨𑐬𑐞 (Newa script)
* ଭରଣ (Odia script)
* ꢩꢬꢠ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆨𑆫𑆟 (Sharada script)
* 𑖥𑖨𑖜 (Siddham script)
* භරණ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩳𑩼𑩪 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚡𑚤𑚘 (Takri script)
* ப⁴ரண (Tamil script)
* భరణ (Telugu script)
* ภรณ (Thai script)
* བྷ་ར་ཎ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒦𑒩𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨡𑨫𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From the root भृ (bhṛ, “to bear, carry, support, maintain, cherish”) +‎ -अन (-ana).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /bʱɐ́.ɾɐ.ɳɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈbʱɐ.ɾɐ.ɳɐ/

### Noun

भरण • (bháraṇa) stem, n
* the act of bearing (also in the womb) carrying, bringing, procuring
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
* wearing, putting on (as of clothes)
* maintaining, supporting, nourishing
* wages, hire

#### Descendants

* Pali: bharaṇa
* Prakrit: भरण (bharaṇa)
** Gujarati: ભરણ (bharaṇ)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: भरण (bharaṇ)
    Urdu: بَھرَن (bharan)

### Adjective

भरण • (bharaṇa) stem (Classical Sanskrit)
* bearing, maintaining

#### Declension
### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “भरण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 747.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “भरण”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1185
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “भरण”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 202
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “bharaṇa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bháraṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 535