بھین
Pahari-Potwari
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑀇𑀡𑀺 (bhaïṇi), from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī).
Noun
بَھیْݨ (bhaiṇ)
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑀇𑀡𑀺 (bhaïṇi), from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī). Compare Sindhi ڀيڻ (bheṇa), Saraiki بھیݨ (bheṇ) and Urdu بہن (bahan).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: pæ̀ṇă IPA(key): /pɛː˨ɳᵊ/
Noun
بَھیْݨ • (bhaiṇ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਭੈਣ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بَھیْݨ (bhaiṇ) | بَھیْݨاں (bhaiṇāṉ) |
| oblique | بَھیْݨ (bhaiṇ) | بَھیْݨاں (bhaiṇāṉ) |
| vocative | بَھیْݨے (bhaiṇe) | بَھیْݨو (bhaiṇo) |
| ablative | بَھیْݨوں (bhaiṇoṉ) | بَھیْݨاں (bhaiṇāṉ) |
| locative | بَھیْݨی (bhaiṇī) | بَھیْݨِیں (bhaiṇīṉ) |
| instrumental | بَھیْݨِیں (bhaiṇīṉ) | بَھیْݨے (bhaiṇe) |
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, 2025
- 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)