Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

besra

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: besra
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bird of prey of southern Asia, Accipiter virgatus.

name

Etymology

From a diminutive of Hindi बाज़ (bāz, “goshawk”).

Origin

Source language: Hindi

Word Breakdown

Root: बाज़

Inflected Forms

besras (plural)

Questions

What does besra mean?: A bird of prey of southern Asia, Accipiter virgatus.
Where does besra come from?: It is traced to Hindi.

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