# भार
## Hindi
### Etymology

From Sanskrit भार (bhāra).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /bʱɑːɾ/, [bʱäːɾ]

### Noun

भार • (bhār) m
* burden, load, weight
    Synonym: बोझ (bojh)
* weight, heft
    Synonym: वज़न (vazan)

#### Derived terms

* भारवहन (bhāravhan)

#### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 760

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ভাৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬪᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
* ভার (Bengali script)
* 𑰥𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀪𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* ဘာရ (Burmese script)
* ભાર (Gujarati script)
* ਭਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌭𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦨꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
* 𑂦𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ಭಾರ (Kannada script)
* ភារ (Khmer script)
* ຠາຣ (Lao script)
* ഭാര (Malayalam script)
* ᢨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘥𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠾᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧅𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐨𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
* ଭାର (Odia script)
* ꢩꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆨𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖥𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
* භාර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩳𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚡𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
* ப⁴ார (Tamil script)
* భార (Telugu script)
* ภาร (Thai script)
* བྷཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
* 𑒦𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨡𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰārás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰārás, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰorós, from the root *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”). Cognate with Proto-Iranian *bāráh (whence Avestan 𐬠𐬁𐬭𐬀 (bāra), Old Median *-βārə́h) and Ancient Greek φορός (phorós, “bearing, carrying, tending”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /bʱɑː.ɾɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /bʱɑː.ɾɐ/

### Adjective

भार • (bhārá) stem
* bearing, carrying, holding
* bringing; bestowing, granting
* burdened, loaded, weighed down

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

### Noun

भार • (bhārá) stem, m
* burden, load, weight
* labor, toil
* an onerous task
* a particular manner of beating a drum

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Derived terms

* भारिक (bhārika)
* भारिन् (bhārin)

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Dameli: bâr
** Shumashti: bār
** Kalasha: phā̆r, bhār
** Kashmiri: بَار (bār), بَارَ (bāra)
** Khowar: بر (bar)
** Phalura: بھار (bhā́ru)
** Shina: بر (bar), بار (bār)
** Wotapuri-Katarqalai: pār
* Pali: bhāra
* Prakrit: 𑀪𑀸𑀭 (bhāra), 𑀪𑀸𑀭𑀬 (bhāraya)
** Central:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Romani: pharo, bar
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Central Pahari:
***** Garhwali: भारु (bhāru)
***** Kumaoni: भार (bhāro)
**** Western Pahari:
***** Bhadrawahi: भारो (bhārō)
** Southern:
*** Helu Prakrit:
**** Dhivehi: ބަރު (baru), ބަރަ (bara), ބަރާ (barā), ބަރި (bari)
**** Sinhalese: බර (bara), බරුව (baruwa)
* Assamese: ভৰা (bhora)
* Bengali: ভার (bhar)
* Hindi: भार (bhār)
* Gujarati: ભાર (bhār)
* Kannada: ಭಾರ (bhāra)
* Khowar: بار
* Konkani: भार (bhār)
* Malayalam: ഭാരം (bhāraṁ)
* Malay: बार
* Maithili: भार (bhār)
* Marathi: भार (bhār), बार (bār)
* Nepali: भारी (bhārī)
* Old Javanese: bhāra
* Odia: ଭର (bhara)
* Punjabi: ਭਾਰ (bhār)
* Sindhi: بارُ
* Tagalog: bahala
* Tamil: பாரம் (pāram)
* Telugu: భారము (bhāramu)
* Punjabi: ਭਾਰ (bhār)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “भार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 753.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 539