بھابی
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Punjabi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Prakrit *𑀪𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀪 (*bhābbha), from baby talk.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /päː˥˩.biː/
- Rhymes: -iː
Noun
[edit]بھابی • (bhābī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਾਬੀ)
- sister-in-law (brother's wife)
- Synonym: بَھرْجَائی (bharjā'ī)
Declension
[edit]Declension of بھابی | ||
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dir. sg. | بھابی (bhābī) | |
dir. pl. | بھابِیاں (bhābīyāṉ) | |
singular | plural | |
direct | بھابی (bhābī) | بھابِیاں (bhābīyāṉ) |
oblique | بھابی (bhābī) | بھابِیاں (bhābīyāṉ) |
vocative | بھابِیے (bhābiye) | بھابِیو (bhābīv) |
ablative | بھابِیوں (bhābīvṉ) | بھابِیاں (bhābīyāṉ) |
locative | — | — |
instrumental | — | — |
Further reading
[edit]- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بھابی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਭਾਬੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhābbha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Urdu
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Alternative forms
[edit]- بھابھی (bhābhī)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle Hindi بھابی (bhaby /bhābī/) (c. 1697)[1] and Middle Hindi بھابھی (bhabhy /bhābhī/), from Prakrit *𑀪𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀪 (*bhābbha), from baby talk.[2] Cognate with Punjabi بھابی (bhābī).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bʱɑː.biː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: بھا‧بی
Noun
[edit]بھابی • (bhābī) f (Hindi spelling भाभी)
Declension
[edit]Declension of بھابی | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
direct | بھابی (bhābī) | بھابِیاں (bhābiyā̃) | ||||||
oblique | بھابی (bhābī) | بھابِیوں (bhābiyō̃) | ||||||
vocative | بھابی (bhābī) | بھابِیو (bhābiyō) |
References
[edit]- ^ “بھابی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhābbha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further reading
[edit]- “بھابی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بهابی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 123
- Platts, John T. (1884) “بهابي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 177
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “بھابی”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
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