બહેન

• બહિન (bahin)
• બેન (ben) — pronunciation spelling

Inherited from Old Gujarati बहिन (bahina), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀪𑀇𑀡𑀻 (bhaïṇī), 𑀪𑀕𑀺𑀡𑀻 (bhagiṇī), from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī). Doublet of બેની (benī). Cognate with Hindustani बहन / بَہَن (bahan), Kachchi ભેણ (bheṇ), Marathi बहीण (bahīṇ), Romani phen.

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈbə.ɦɛn/, [ˈbɛ̤n]
• Rhymes: -ɛn
• Hyphenation: બ‧હેન

બહેન • (bahen) f

1. sister
2. female cousin
3. used to refer to any woman; also used as a suffix at the end of a given name

   આશાબહેન ― āśābahen ― Ms. Asha

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhaginī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press