Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *bjārH

Meaning: throw, scatter

Chinese: 播 *pār(s) to throw, sow; winnow.

Tibetan: ãphjar, ãphjor, phjor to fan, to sift, to winnow; to houst (a flag).

Kachin: ban¹ to sow or plant, as tobacco, mustard, redpepper etc.

Lushai: pherʔ to spread (as a sore etc.); be scattered.

Kiranti: *b(h)ä̀r (/ʔp-)

Comments: Cf. perhaps Dhimal bher-ma, Bodo *bar, Thakali nam-par 'wind'. Cf. Austric: PAA *Piar 'winnowing basket', PAN *ebuR, -buR, *sa(m)beR, *sa(m)buR 'strew, sow'.