बहिन
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /bə.ɦɪn/, [bɐ.ɦɪ̃n]
Noun
बहिन • (bahin) f
- (Eastern Hindi) alternative form of बहन (bahan)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | बहिन bahin |
बहिनें bahinẽ |
| oblique | बहिन bahin |
बहिनों bahinõ |
| vocative | बहिन bahin |
बहिनो bahino |
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “बहिन”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बहिन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “बहिन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बहिन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Old Gujarati
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑀇𑀡𑀺 (bhaïṇi), from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī).
Noun
बहिन • (bahina) f[1]
- sister
- 1422, unknown, कालिकसूरिकथा:
- मातापिता मोकलावी पांच सइं क्षित्रीए अनइ सरस्वती बहिन सहित दीक्षा लीधी।
- mātāpitā mokalāvī pāṃca saïṃ kṣitrīe anaï sarasvatī bahina sahita dīkṣā līdhī.
- (His) parents sent him off; together with five hundred kshatriyas and (his) sister Sarasvati he took diksha.
- मातापिता मोकलावी पांच सइं क्षित्रीए अनइ सरस्वती बहिन सहित दीक्षा लीधी।
Descendants
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhaginī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 531