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Punjabi
Noun
بَھیْݨ • (bhaiṇ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਭੈਣ)
- Alternative form of بَھیْن (bhain, “sister”)
Saraiki
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑁃𑀡𑀻 (bhaiṇī), from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī). Compare Punjabi بَھیْݨ (bhaiṇ) / ਭੈਣ (bhaiṇ), Sindhi ڀيڻ (bheṇa) and Urdu بَہَن (bahan).
Pronunciation
Noun
بھیْݨ (bheṇ) f (Devanagari भेण, Multani 𑊟𑊃𑊕)
- sister
- Synonym: اَدی (adī)
References
- “بھین٘ڑ”, in Dictionary of the Jatki Or Western Panjábi Language, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2019 (originally published in 1900), →ISBN, page 54