بہن

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See also: پهن and تهن

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Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī)
    Prakrit 𑀪𑀇𑀡𑀺 (bhaïṇi)
    Urdu بَہَن (bahan)

    Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑀇𑀡𑀺 (bhaïṇi), from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī).[1][2] Cognate with Punjabi بَھیْݨ (bhaiṇ).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    بَہَن • (bahan) f (masculine بھائِی (bhāī), Hindi spelling बहन)

    1. sister (a female sibling of any age)
      Synonym: باجی (bājī)
      Antonyms: بھائی (bhāī), بَرَادَر (barādar)
    2. (by extension) a female cousin
    3. (polite, vocative) any female person

    Declension

        Declension of بہن
    singular plural
    direct بَہَن (bahan) بَہَنیں (bahanẽ)
    oblique بَہَن (bahan) بَہَنوں (bahanõ)
    vocative بَہَن (bahan) بَہَنو (bahano)

    References

    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhaginī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
    2. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “بہن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 191

    Further reading

    More information
    • “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.
    • S. W. Fallon (1879) “بـﮩن”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 300
    • The template Template:R:ur:Shakespear does not use the parameter(s): 
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