بین

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See also: بين, تین, پین, and ب ي ن

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic بَيْنَ (bayna).

Noun

بین • (beyn)

  1. interval; distance; space between
    Synonym: آرا (ara)

Usage notes

  • The single possession locative بیننده (beyninde) is used as a postposition in the same sense as modern arasında.

Descendants

  • Turkish: beyn

References

Persian

Etymology 1

Dari بین
Iranian Persian
Tajik байн

From Arabic بَيْنَ (bayna), بَيْن (bayn).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? bayn
Dari reading? bayn
Iranian reading? beyn
Tajik reading? bayn

Noun

بین • (beyn)

  1. separation
Descendants

Preposition

بین • (beyn)

  1. between
    بین این دو beyn-e in do — between these two
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian wēn-, the present stem of dīdan (compare Ossetian уынын (wynyn), Yagnobi венак (venak), Zazaki vînayîş), from Old Persian (vaina-, “to see”) (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬀- (vaēna-)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? bēn, bīn
Dari reading? bīn
Iranian reading? bin
Tajik reading? bin

Verb

بین • (bin)

  1. present stem form of دیدن (didan)
Derived terms

Urdu

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀬𑀡 (vayaṇa) Sanskrit वचन (vacana).

Pronunciation

Noun

بَین • (bain) m (Hindi spelling बैन)

  1. word, speech, utterance, saying
  2. lamentation, wailing
Declension
Declension of بین
singular plural
direct بین (bain) بین (bain)
oblique بین (bain) بینوں (bainō̃)
vocative بین (bain) بینو (bainō)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian بین (bayn), from Arabic بَيْن (bayn).

Pronunciation

Noun

بَین • (bain) m (Hindi spelling बैन)

  1. separation, space between
    بَینُ السُّطُور ― bain-u-ssutūr ― interlining (literally, “seperation of the lines, or, space between the lines”)
  2. interval
    Synonym: دَرْمِیان (darmiyān)
  3. distance
Declension
Declension of بین
singular plural
direct بین (bain) بین (bain)
oblique بین (bain) بینوں (bainō̃)
vocative بین (bain) بینو (bainō)
Derived terms

بَینی (bainī)

Adjective

بَین • (bain) (Hindi spelling बैन)

  1. middle
    بَین بَین ― bain bain ― in the very midst (literally, “middle of the middle”)

Prefix

بَینـ • (bain-) (Hindi spelling बैन-)

  2. inter-
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Inherited from Sanskrit वीणा (vīṇā)

Pronunciation

Noun

بِین • (bīn) f (Hindi spelling बीन)

  1. veena (a kind of lute)
  2. pungi (a wind instrument used by snake charmers)
Declension
Declension of بین
singular plural
direct بین (bīn) بین (bīn)
oblique بین (bīn) بینوں (bīnō̃)
vocative بین (bīn) بینو (bīnō)

References

  • “بین”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “بین”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Platts, John Thompson (1884) “بين”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
  • John Shakespear (1834) “بين”, 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

Ushojo

Noun

بین (ben)

  1. wild mint
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