بھاشن

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भाषण (bhāṣaṇa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɑːʂəɳ/

Noun

بھاشَݨ • (bhāśaṇm (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਾਸ਼ਣ)

  1. lecture, speech
    Synonyms: تَقْرِیر (taqrīr), لَیکْچَر (laikcar)
    اَپݨا اَیہہ بھاشَݨ کِسے ہور نُوں دَوِیْں
    apṇā aih bhāśaṇ kise hor nūṉ davīṉ
    Give this lecture to someone else.

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بھاشن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਭਾਸ਼ਣ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भाषण (bhāṣaṇa).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bʱɑː.ʃən/
  • Hyphenation: بھا‧شَن
  • Rhymes: -ən

Noun

بھاشَن • (bhāśanm (Hindi spelling भाषण)

  1. (often ironic) lecture, speech
    Synonyms: تَقْرِیر (taqrīr), خُطْبَہ (xutba)
    اَپْنا یِہ بھاشَن کِسی اَور کو دینا۔
    apnā ye bhāśan kisī aur ko denā.
    Give this lecture to someone else.

Declension

Declension of بھاشن
singular plural
direct بھاشَن (bhāśan) بھاشَن (bhāśan)
oblique بھاشَن (bhāśan) بھاشَنوں (bhāśanõ)
vocative بھاشَن (bhāśan) بھاشَنو (bhāśano)

Further reading

  • بھاشن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • بھاشن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “بهاشن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 179