بہن
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑀇𑀡𑀺 (bhaïṇi), from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī).[1][2] Cognate with Punjabi بَھیْݨ (bhaiṇ).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bə.ɦən/, /bə.ɦɪn/, [bɛ.ɦɛn]
- (Punjabic Urdu) IPA(key): [bʱɛːn]
- Rhymes: -ɛn, -ɛːn
- Hyphenation: بَ‧ہَن
Noun
بَہَن • (bahan) f (masculine بھائِی (bhāī), Hindi spelling बहन)
- sister (a female sibling of any age)
- (by extension) a female cousin
- (polite, vocative) any female person
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بَہَن (bahan) | بَہَنیں (bahanẽ) |
| oblique | بَہَن (bahan) | بَہَنوں (bahanõ) |
| vocative | بَہَن (bahan) | بَہَنو (bahano) |
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhaginī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “بہن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 191
Further reading
More information
- “بہن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “بہن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بہن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “بـﮩن”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 300
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