بھانجا

Urdu

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 • (bhāñjām (feminine بھان٘جی (bhāñjī), Hindi spelling भाँजा)

  1. sororal nephew (sister's son)

Declension

Declension of بھانجا
singular plural
direct بھان٘جا (bhāñjā) بھان٘جے (bhāñje)
oblique بھان٘جے (bhāñje) بھان٘جوں (bhāñjõ)
vocative بھان٘جے (bhāñje) بھان٘جو (bhāñjo)

References

  1. ^ بھانجا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhāginēya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 537

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