بھار

Inherited from Old Punjabi بھار (bhār), from Sanskrit भार (bhārá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰārás, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰorós, from the root *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”).

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: pā̀ră IPA^(key): /pä˨ːɾə̆/

بھار • (bhār) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਾਰ)

1. load, weight

   Synonyms: وَزَن (vazan), بھوج (bhoj), تول (tol)

2. pressure
3. (figuratively) a responsibility

• بھار چُکّݨا (bhār cukkṇā, “to carry weight; weight-lifting; to bear responsibility”)
• بھارا m (bhārā) / بھاری f (bhārī, “heavy”)

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بھار”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “بھار”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਭਾਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhārá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 534

From Urdu باہر (bāhir).

بھار (bhār)

1. out of the country

بھار (bhār)

1. defecating