بایاں

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वामक (vāmaka, “left”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɑː.jɑ̃ː/

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Adjective

بایاں • (bāyā̃) (Hindi spelling बायाँ)

1. left (side)

   Antonym: دایاں (dāyā̃)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “بایاں”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 725
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “3460”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “516”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vā́ma”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press