بین
Laki
Verb
بین (bīn)
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Noun
بین • (beyn)
- interval; distance; space between
- Synonym: آرا (ara)
Usage notes
- The single possession locative بیننده (beyninde) is used as a postposition in the same sense as modern arasında.
Descendants
- Turkish: beyn
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 304
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “beyn”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 425
Persian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic بَيْنَ (bayna), بَيْن (bayn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈbajn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [bäjn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [bejn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [bäjn]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | bayn |
| Dari reading? | bayn |
| Iranian reading? | beyn |
| Tajik reading? | bayn |
Noun
| Dari | بین |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | байн |
بین • (beyn)
Descendants
- → Urdu: بَین (bain)
Preposition
بین • (beyn)
- between
- بین این دو beyn-e in do — between these two
Synonyms
- میان (miyân)
Derived terms
- از بین بردن (az beyn bordan)
- از بین رفتن (az beyn raftan)
Descendants
- → Urdu: بَینـ (bain-)
Etymology 2
From Middle Persian wēn-, the present stem of dīdan (compare Ossetian уынын (wynyn), Yagnobi венак (venak), Zazaki vînayîş), from Old Persian [script needed] (vaina-, “to see”) (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬀- (vaēna-)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈbiːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [biːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [biːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [bin]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | bīn |
| Dari reading? | bīn |
| Iranian reading? | bin |
| Tajik reading? | bin |
Verb
| Dari | بین |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | бин |
بین • (bin)
- present stem form of دیدن (didan)
Derived terms
Southern Kurdish
Verb
بین (bīn)
Usage notes
Mostly used in the Kermaşanî dialect.
Urdu
Etymology 1
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀬𑀡 (vayaṇa) Sanskrit वचन (vacana).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bɛːn/
- Rhymes: -ɛːn
Noun
بَین • (bain) m (Hindi spelling बैन)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بین (bain) | بین (bain) |
| oblique | بین (bain) | بینوں (bainõ) |
| vocative | بین (bain) | بینو (baino) |
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Classical Persian بین (bayn), from Arabic بَيْن (bayn).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bɛːn/
- Rhymes: -ɛːn
Noun
بَین • (bain) m (Hindi spelling बैन)
- separation, space between
- بَینُ السُّطُور
- bain-u-ssutūr
- interlining
- (literally, “separation of the lines, or, space between the lines”)
- interval
- Synonym: دَرْمِیان (darmiyān)
- distance
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بین (bain) | بین (bain) |
| oblique | بین (bain) | بینوں (bainõ) |
| vocative | بین (bain) | بینو (baino) |
Derived terms
بَینی (bainī)
Adjective
بَین • (bain) (Hindi spelling बैन)
- middle
- بَین بَین ― bain bain ― in the very midst (literally, “middle of the middle”)
Prefix
بَینـ • (bain-) (Hindi spelling बैन-)
Derived terms
- بَین بَرِّاَعْظَمی (bain-barre'āzamī)
- بَین جن٘گ (bain-jaṅg)
- بَین خُلوی (bain-xulvī)
- بَین نَسْلی (bain-naslī)
Etymology 3
Inherited from Sanskrit वीणा (vīṇā)
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /biːn/
- Rhymes: -iːn
Noun
بِین • (bīn) f (Hindi spelling बीन)
- veena (a kind of lute)
- pungi (a wind instrument used by snake charmers)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بین (bīn) | بین (bīn) |
| oblique | بین (bīn) | بینوں (bīnõ) |
| vocative | بین (bīn) | بینو (bīno) |
References
- “بین”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “بین”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “بين”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “بين”, 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
Ushojo
Noun
بین (ben)