بسنت
Punjabi
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit वसन्त (vasanta). Doublet of بَہار (bahār).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /bə.sənt̪ə̆/
- Rhymes: -ənt̪
Noun
بَسَنْت • (basant) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਸੰਤ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بَسَنْت (basant) | بَسَنْتاں (basantāṉ) |
| oblique | بَسَنْت (basant) | بَسَنْتاں (basantāṉ) |
| vocative | بَسَنْتے (basante) | بَسَنْتو (basanto) |
| ablative | بَسَنْتوں (basantoṉ) | بَسَنْتاں (basantāṉ) |
| locative | بَسَنْتی (basantī) | بَسَنْتِیں (basantīṉ) |
| instrumental | بَسَنْتِیں (basantīṉ) | بَسَنْتے (basante) |
Noun
بَسَنْت • (basant) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਸੰਤ)
- (music) an evening or springtime raga of the Purvi thaat
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بَسَنْت (basant) | بَسَنْت (basant) |
| oblique | بَسَنْت (basant) | بَسَنْتاں (basantāṉ) |
| vocative | بَسَنْتا (basantā) | بَسَنْتو (basanto) |
| ablative | بَسَنْتوں (basantoṉ) | بَسَنْتاں (basantāṉ) |
| locative | بَسَنْتے (basante) | بَسَنْتِیں (basantīṉ) |
| instrumental | بَسَنْتوں (basantoṉ) | – |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بسنت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz, page 330
- “ਬਸੰਤ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
Sindhi
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit वसन्त (vasanta). Doublet of بَهارَ (bahāra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bə.sən.t̪ʊ/
Noun
بَسَنْتُ • (basantu) m (Devanagari बसंतु)
Derived terms
- بَسَنْتُ پَنِچميِ
- بَسَنْتُيِ
References
- Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “بسنت”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
Urdu
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit वसन्त (vasantá). First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi بسنت (bsnt /basant/).[1] Doublet of بَہار (bahār) and وَسَنْت (vasant).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bə.sənt̪/
- Rhymes: -ənt̪
- Hyphenation: بَ‧سَنْت
Noun
بَسَنْت • (basant) m (Hindi spelling बसंत)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بَسَنْت (basant) | بَسَنْت (basant) |
| oblique | بَسَنْت (basant) | بَسَنْتوں (basantõ) |
| vocative | بَسَنْت (basant) | بَسَنْتو (basanto) |
Proper noun
بَسَنْت • (basant) m (Hindi spelling बसंत)
- a male given name, Basant, feminine equivalent بَسَنْتی (basantī)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بَسَنْت (basant) | بَسَنْت (basant) |
| oblique | بَسَنْت (basant) | بَسَنْتوں (basantõ) |
| vocative | بَسَنْت (basant) | بَسَنْتو (basanto) |
References
Further reading
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “بسنت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 258
- Platts, John T. (1884) “بسنت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 156
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بسنت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 113
- John Shakespear (1834) “بسنت”, 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
- “بسنت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.