بین السطور

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic بَيْنَ ٱلسُّطُور (bayna s-suṭūr, literally “between the lines”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɛː.nəs.sʊ.t̪uːɾ/

Adverb

بَینَ السُّطُور • (bainassutūr) (Hindi spelling बैनस्सुतूर)

1. interlinearly

   بَینَ السُّطُور لِکْھنا ― bainassutūr likhnā ― to write interlinearly

2. (figurative) between the lines

   بَینَ السُّطُور پَڑْھنا ― bainassutūr paṛhnā ― to read between the lines

Noun

بَینَ السُّطُور • (bainassutūr) m (Hindi spelling बैनस्सुतूर)

1. interlinear space
2. interlinear distance

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَيْن (bayn, “between, separation”) +‎ Arabic السُّطُور (as-suṭūr, “lines”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɛː.nʊs.sʊ.t̪uːɾ/

Adjective

بَینُ السُّطُور • (bainussutūr) (Hindi spelling बैनुस-सुतूर)

1. interlinear

   تَرْجُمَۂ بَینُ السُّطُور ― tarjuma-ye bainussutūr ― interlinear translation

Noun

بَینُ السُّطُور • (bainussutūr) f (Hindi spelling बैनुस-सुतूर)

1. interlining

References

• “بین+الس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “سطور”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.