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Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑀇𑀡𑀺 (bhaïṇi), from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī). Compare Sindhi ڀيڻ (bheṇa), Saraiki بھیݨ (bheṇ) and Urdu بہن (bahan).
Pronunciation
Noun
بَھیْݨ • (bhaiṇ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਭੈਣ)
- sister
Declension
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بھَین”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “بھین”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
- “بَھین”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhaginī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 531
Ushojo
Noun
بھین (bhīn)
- wild mint