भद्र

Sanskrit

adj

Definitions

blessed, auspicious, fortunate, prosperous, happy
good, gracious, friendly, kind
excellent, fair, beautiful, lovely, pleasant, dear

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰadrás inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰadrás inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰn̥d-ró-s.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰn̥d-ró-s

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Bhadra English
better English
betterer English
betterest English
bettereth English
betterfy English
betterhood English
bettering English
betterish English
betterment English
bettermost English
bettern't English
betterness English
bettership English
embetter English
unbetterable English
Besserwisser German
besser German
besserstellen German
beter Dutch, Flemish
*bʰn̥d-ró-s Proto-Indo-European
bättre Swedish
förbättra Swedish
better Middle English
betri Old Norse
भद्दा Hindi
bezziro Old High German
*bʰadrás Proto-Indo-Iranian
*bʰadrás Proto-Indo-Aryan
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