# भ्रमर
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भ्रमर (bhramara), doublet of भौंरा (bha͠urā), a tadbhava.

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /bʱɾə.məɾ/, [bʱɾɐ.mɐɾ]

### Noun

भ्रमर • (bhramar) m (Urdu spelling بهرمر)
* a large black bee, the bumblebee
* lover, gallant, libertine
* giddiness, vertigo
* epilepsy

#### Declension
### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भ्रमर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Platts, John T. (1884) “भ्रमर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ভ্ৰমৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬪ᭄ᬭᬫᬭ (Balinese script)
* ভ্রমর (Bengali script)
* 𑰥𑰿𑰨𑰦𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀪𑁆𑀭𑀫𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* ဘြမရ (Burmese script)
* ભ્રમર (Gujarati script)
* ਭ੍ਰਮਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌭𑍍𑌰𑌮𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦨꦿꦩꦫ (Javanese script)
* 𑂦𑂹𑂩𑂧𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ಭ್ರಮರ (Kannada script)
* ភ្រមរ (Khmer script)
* ຠ຺ຣມຣ (Lao script)
* ഭ്രമര (Malayalam script)
* ᢨᡵᠠᠮᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘥𑘿𑘨𑘦𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠾᠷᠠᠮᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧅𑧠𑧈𑧆𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐨𑑂𑐬𑐩𑐬 (Newa script)
* ଭ୍ରମର (Odia script)
* ꢩ꣄ꢬꢪꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆨𑇀𑆫𑆩𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖥𑖿𑖨𑖦𑖨 (Siddham script)
* භ්‍රමර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩳 𑪙𑩼𑩴𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚡𑚶𑚤𑚢𑚤 (Takri script)
* ப்⁴ரமர (Tamil script)
* భ్రమర (Telugu script)
* ภฺรมร (Thai script)
* བྷྲ་མ་ར (Tibetan script)
* 𑒦𑓂𑒩𑒧𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨡𑩇𑨫𑨢𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From the root भ्रम् (bhram, “to wander”) +‎ -अर (-ara)
Related to Ashkun bamā (“hornet”), Waigali bramā (“hornet”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /bʱɾɐ.mɐ.ɾɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /bʱɾɐ.mɐ.ɾɐ/

### Noun

भ्रमर • (bhramara) stem, m
* a large black bee, a kind of bumblebee, any bee
    Synonym: द्विरेफ (dvirepha)
* gallant, libertine
* young man, lad
* potter's wheel
* a particular position of the hand
* top (toy)

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* Helu Prakrit:
** Dhivehi: ބުމަރު (bumaru)
** Sinhalese: බමරය (bamaraya)
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀪𑀫𑀭 (bhamara), 𑀪𑀫𑀭𑀻 (bhamarī), 𑀪𑀫𑀮𑀻 (bhamalī), 𑀪𑀫𑀮𑀺𑀬𑀸 (bhamaliyā)
** ⇒ Old Marathi: 𑘥𑘪𑘨𑘰 (bhavarā), 𑘥𑘽𑘪𑘨𑘰 (bhaṃvarā)
* Bengali: ভোমরা (bhōmra)
* ⇒ Kashmiri: بۆمبُر (bombur)
* Marathi: भोवरा (bhovrā)
* Pali: bhamara
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀪𑀫𑀭 (bhamara)
** Gujarati: ભમર (bhamar), ભમરો (bhamro), ભમરી (bhamrī)
*** ⇒ Gujarati: ભમરડો (bhamarḍo)
** Hindi: भँवर (bhãvar), भौंर (bha͠ur)
*** ⇒ Hindi: भँवरा (bhãvrā), भौंरा (bha͠urā)
** Nepali : भ्रमर (bhramar)
*** ⇒ Nepali: भँमरा (bhãmarā)
* → Bengali: ভ্রমর (bhromor)
* → Tamil: பிரமரம் (piramaram)
* → Telugu: భ్రమరము (bhramaramu)

### References

* “भ्रमर” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 387, column 2.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “भ्रमर”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 211
* Monier Williams (1899) “Bhramara”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 769, column 3.
* Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 629

### Further reading

* Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “bhramara”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.