बनाम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بنام (ba-nām), from به (“ba”) + نام (“nām”). By surface analysis, ब- (ba-) +‎ नाम (nām).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /bə.nɑːm/, [bɐ.nä̃ːm]

Adverb

बनाम • (banām) (Urdu spelling بنام)

  1. in the name of, addressed to
    Synonym: के नाम पर (ke nām par)
  2. versus, contra
    राम प्रताप बनाम भारत संघ ― rām pratāp banām bhārat saṅgh ― Ram Pratap versus Union of India
    नीत्शे बनाम वैगनर ― nītśe banām vaignar ― Nietzsche contra Wagner
  3. vis-à-vis
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