बहिन

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Hindi

Pronunciation

Noun

बहिन (bahinf

  1. (Eastern Hindi) Alternative form of बहन (bahan)

Declension

References

Old Gujarati

Etymology

From Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī).

Noun

बहिन (bahinaf

  1. sister
    • 1422, unknown, कालिकसूरिकथा :
      मातापिता मोकलावी पांच सइं क्षित्रीए अनइ सरस्वती बहिन सहित दीक्षा लीधी।
      mātāpitā mokalāvī pāṃca saïṃ kṣitrīe anaï sarasvatī bahina sahita dīkṣā līdhī.
      (His) parents sent him off; together with five hundred kshatriyas and (his) sister Sarasvati he took diksha.

Descendants

  • Gujarati: બહેન (bahen), બહિન (bahin)