बहाना

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /bə.ɦɑː.nɑː/, [bɐ.ɦäː.näː]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian بهانه (bahāna). Compare Bengali বাহানা (bahana), Gujarati બહાનું (bahānũ).

Noun

बहाना • (bahānām (Urdu spelling بہانہ)

  1. excuse, justification
    वह बहाने बनाने लगी।vah bahāne banāne lagī.She began to make excuses.
    इससे अच्छा बहाना और क्या हो सकता है?
    isse acchā bahānā aur kyā ho saktā hai?
    What better excuse can there be than this?
  2. pretext, pretence
    अपने मज़हब के बहाना से, आतंकवादी ने एक मंदिर उड़ाया।
    apne mazhab ke bahānā se, ātaṅkvādī ne ek mandir uṛāyā.
    Under the pretence of his religion, the terrorist blew up a temple.
Declension
Declension of बहाना (masc ā-stem)
singular plural
direct बहाना
bahānā
बहाने
bahāne
oblique बहाने
bahāne
बहानों
bahānõ
vocative बहाने
bahāne
बहानो
bahāno
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Hindi verb set
बहना (bahnā)
बाहना (bāhnā)
बहाना (bahānā)
बहवाना (bahvānā)

Causative form of बहना (bahnā).

Verb

बहाना • (bahānā) (transitive, Urdu spelling بہانہ)

  1. to cause to flow or float
  2. to pour forth or out
  3. to shed (tears, blood)
Conjugation

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