Sanskrit

Root

भृ • ‎(bhṛ)

1. cl.1 P. Ā. (Dhātup. xxii, 1) भरति, °ते
2. cl.3 P. Ā. (xxv, 5) बिभर्ति ( बिभर्ति only RV. iv, 50, 7), बिभृते
3. cl.2 P. भर्ति RV. i, 173, 6 . (p. P. बिभ्रत्, q.v. ; Ā. बिभ्राण with act. meaning Ragh., बिभ्रमाण with pass. meaning RV. ; pf. जभार, जभरत् ; जभ्रे, अजभर्तन ib. ; बभार, बभृम Br. &c. ; p. बभ्राण with pass. meaning RV. ; बिभराम्बभूव Ragh., °राम्-आस Bhaṭṭ. ; aor. अभार् RV. ; भर्तम्, भृतम् Br. ; अभृत Gr. ; अभार्षम् Subj. भर्षत् RV. ; अभारिषम् AV. ; Prec. भ्रियासम्, °यात् Br. ; fut. भरिष्यति cond. अभरिष्यत् RV. ; भर्ता ṠBr. ; inf. भर्तुम्, भर्तवे, भर्तवै, Ved. ; भरध्यै RV. ; ind.p. -भृत्य ib. &c.), to bear, carry, convey, hold (‘on’ or ‘in’ loc.) RV. &c.
4. to wear i.e. let grow (hair, beard, nails) Mn. MBh. &c.
5. to balance, hold in equipoise (as a pair of scales) Vishn2.
6. to bear i.e. contain, possess, have, keep (also ‘keep in mind’) RV. &c.
7. to support, maintain, cherish, foster ib.
8. to hire, pay MBh.
9. to carry off or along (Ā. भरते, ‘for one's self’ i.e. gain, obtain, or = ferri ‘to be borne along’) RV. AV.
10. to bring, offer, procure, grant, bestow RV. &c.
11. to endure, experience, suffer, undergo ib.
12. to lift up, raise (the voice or a sound ; Ā. भरते, also ‘to rise, be heard’) RV.
13. to fill (the stomach) Pañcat.
14. (with गर्भम्) to conceive, become pregnant (cf. under √ धृ) RV.
15. (with क्षितिम्) to take care of, rule, govern Rājat.
16. (with, आज्ञाम्) to submit to, obey ib.
17. (with ऊर्जाम्) to exert, employ Bhaṭṭ. : Pass. भ्रियते (ep. also °ति ; aor. अभारि), to be borne &c. RV. &c. &c.: Caus. भारयति (aor. अबीभरत्), to cause to bear &c.
18. to engage for hire MBh. : Desid. बुभूर्षति (ṠBr. MārkP.), बिभरिषति (Pāṇ. 8-2, 49), to wish to bear or support or maintain: Intens. बरिभर्ति (3. pl. °भ्रति RV., where also 2. du. जर्भृतः), बरीभर्ति (Kāv.), to bear repeatedly or continually, carry hither and thither. [cf. Zd. bar ; Gk. φέρω ; Lat. fero ; Slav. brati ; Goth. bai4ran ;Germ. beran, ge-ba0ren ; Eng. bear.]

Derived terms

• भृति ‎(bhṛti)