بہن
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Urdu
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑀇𑀡𑀺 (bhaïṇi), from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī). Cognate with Punjabi بَھیْݨ (bhaiṇ).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bə.ɦən/, /bə.ɦɪn/,
- (Punjabic Urdu) IPA(key):
- Rhymes: -ɛn, -ɛːn
- Hyphenation: بَ‧ہَن
Noun
بَہَن or بَہِن • (bahan or bahin) f (masculine بھائی (bhāī), Hindi spelling बहन or बहिन)
Declension
| Declension of بہن | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | بہن (bahan) | بہنیں (bahanẽ) |
| oblique | بہن (bahan) | بہنوں (bahanõ) |
| vocative | بہن (bahan) | بہنو (bahano) |
Further reading
- “بہن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “بہن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بہن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “بہن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 191
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “بـﮩن”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 300
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John Shakespear (1834) “بـﮩن”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhaginī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press