बिचरा

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बेचारा (becārā), from Classical Persian بیچَارَه (bēčāra, “poor, helpless, pathetic”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bit͡sʌɾä]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: बिचरा

Adjective

बिचरा • (bicarā)

  1. unfortunate, poor

Noun

बिचरा • (bicarā)

  1. a helpless person (used in pity)
  2. poor creature

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931), “बिचरो”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, page 440

Further reading

  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), “बिचरा”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
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