बहना

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Hindi

Hindi verb set
बहना (bahnā)
बाहना (bāhnā)
बहाना (bahānā)
बहवाना (bahvānā)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀳𑀤𑀺 (vahadi), from Sanskrit वहति (váhati), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáȷ́ʰati, from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti. Cognate with Marathi वाहणे (vāhṇe), Bengali বহা (boha)/বওয়া (bôoẇa), Assamese বোৱা (büa). Distant cognate with English weigh.

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /bəɦ.nɑː/,
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Verb

बहना (bahnā) (Urdu spelling بہنا)

  1. to flow
  2. to drift
  3. to float

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