بہنوئی

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀩𑀳𑀺𑀡𑀯𑀇 (*bahiṇavaï), from Sanskrit भगिनीपति (bhaginīpati), from भगिनी (bhaginī, “sister”) +‎ पति (páti, “husband”).^[1]^[2]

بَہْنوئِی • (bahnoī) m (Hindi spelling बहनोई)

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^ Platts, John T. (1884) “بہنوئي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 194

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