बुनियाद
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بنیاد (bunyād). Compare Bengali বুনিয়াদ (buniẏad), Punjabi ਬੁਨਿਆਦ (buniāda).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /bʊ.nɪ.jɑːd̪/, [bʊ.ni.jäːd̪]
Noun
बुनियाद • (buniyād) f (Urdu spelling بنیاد)
- basis, foundation
- United Nations (1948) Manvādhikārõ kī sārvabhaum dhoṣṇā (A Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
- […] विश्व-शांति, न्याय और स्वतंत्रता की बुनियाद है […]
- […] viśva-śānti, nyāy aur svatantratā kī buniyād hai […]
- […] the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world […]
- United Nations (1948) Manvādhikārõ kī sārvabhaum dhoṣṇā (A Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
- beginning, frame
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | बुनियाद buniyād |
बुनियादें buniyādẽ |
| oblique | बुनियाद buniyād |
बुनियादों buniyādõ |
| vocative | बुनियाद buniyād |
बुनियादो buniyādo |
Derived terms
- बुनियादी (buniyādī, “basic, foundational”)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बुनियाद”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press