बिना
Hindi
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit विना (vínā), via Prakrit विणा (viṇā). Doublet of विना (vinā) and बिन (bin), the tatsama and tadbhava forms. See बिन (bin) for more.
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /bɪ.nɑː/, [bɪ.näː]
Preposition
बिना • (binā) (Urdu spelling بِنَا)
Derived terms
- के बिना (ke binā)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बिना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “बिना”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vínā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press