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bhadrehi
bhadra
masc instr pl of bhadra (adj); nt instr pl of bhadra (adj); masc abl pl of bhadra (adj); nt abl pl of bhadra (adj); …
- fortunate; blessed; lucky; auspicious; good
- fortunate one; lucky guy; good man
- good fortune; good luck; blessing
- (of vehicles) opulent; luxurious; princely; stately
Built from
- bhadra — root · fortunate, auspicious
From *bʰedʰ- 'to be distinct, marked out'. The concrete sense of standing apart or being distinguished leads to the meaning 'notable, fortunate'. No productive cognates in English, but Latin fatua and Sanskrit bhadrá share the same root.
- -ehi — ending · instrumental/ablative plural
The -ehi ending marks both instrumental and ablative plural in neuter and masculine adjectives, indicating the agent or means (instrumental) or the source and separation (ablative). It derives from Proto-Indo-European *-bʰi(s).
Etymology. From Indo-European *bʰedʰ- 'to split, pierce, separate', akin to Sanskrit bhadrá- 'fortunate, blessed'. The root sense is 'that which stands apart or is marked out', hence 'distinguished, auspicious'. Cognates: English bad (originally 'effeminate, inferior', from a different semantic path via Proto-Germanic).