بھانجا
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle Hindi بھانجا (bhanja),[1] from Prakrit 𑀪𑀸𑀬𑀡𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚 (bhāyaṇijja) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit भागिनेय (bhāginēya).[2][3]
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bʱɑːn.d͡ʒɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Hyphenation: بھاں‧جا
Noun
بھان٘جا • (bhāñjā) m (feminine بھان٘جی (bhāñjī), Hindi spelling भाँजा)
- sororal nephew (sister's son)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بھان٘جا (bhāñjā) | بھان٘جے (bhāñje) |
| oblique | بھان٘جے (bhāñje) | بھان٘جوں (bhāñjõ) |
| vocative | بھان٘جے (bhāñje) | بھان٘جو (bhāñjo) |
References
- ^ “بھانجا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- ^ John Shakespear (1834) “بھانجا”, 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
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhāginēya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 537
Further reading
More information
- “بھانجا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بهانجا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 124
- Platts, John T. (1884) “بهانجا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 180
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “بھانجا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.