بھیڑ

Urdu

Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀪𑁂𑀟 (*bheḍa), from Sanskrit भेड्र (bheḍra), from a substrate, possibly Munda. Cognate with Bengali ভেড়া (bheṛa), Bhojpuri भेड़ा (bhēṛā), Gujarati ભેડ (bheḍ), and Punjabi ਭੇਡ (bheḍ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bʱeːɽ/
• Rhymes: -eːɽ
• Hyphenation: بھیڑ

Noun

بھیڑ • (bheṛ) f (masculine بھیڑا (bheṛā), Hindi spelling भेड़)

1. sheep
2. ewe

Declension

Declension of بھیڑ
	singular	plural
direct	بھیڑ (bheṛ)	بھیڑیں (bheṛẽ)
oblique	بھیڑ (bheṛ)	بھیڑوں (bheṛõ)
vocative	بھیڑ (bheṛ)	بھیڑو (bheṛo)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀪𑀻𑀟 (*bhīḍa), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀪𑀺𑀝𑁆 (*bhiṭ). Cognate with Bengali ভিড় (bhiṛ), Gujarati ભીડ (bhīḍ), Marathi भीड (bhīḍ), and Punjabi ਭੀੜ (bhīṛ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bʱiːɽ/
• Rhymes: -iːɽ
• Hyphenation: بِھیڑ

Noun

بِھیڑ • (bhīṛ) f (Hindi spelling भीड़)

1. crowd, mob, swarm

Declension

Declension of بھیڑ
	singular	plural
direct	بِھیڑ (bhīṛ)	بِھیڑیں (bhīṛẽ)
oblique	بِھیڑ (bhīṛ)	بِھیڑوں (bhīṛõ)
vocative	بِھیڑ (bhīṛ)	بِھیڑو (bhīṛo)

Further reading

• “بھیڑ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بھیڑ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بھیڑ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “بھیڑ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.