बखान
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Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Hindi बखान (bakhāna), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸𑀡 (vakkhāṇa), from Sanskrit व्याख्यान (vyākhyā́na), from ख्या (khyā). Doublet of व्याख्यान (vyākhyān, “lecture”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]बखान • (bakhān) m (Urdu spelling بکھان)
- praise
- 2018 February 8, “अमित शाह के पहले राज्यसभा भाषण की 20 अहम बातें [amit śāh ke pahle rājyasbhā bhāṣaṇ kī 20 aham bātẽ]”, in BBC Hindi[1]:
- क़रीब सवा घंटे के भाषण में उन्होंने केंद्र सरकार की उपलब्धियों का बखान किया और विपक्षी दल कांग्रेस पर प्रहार करने से भी वह नहीं चूके.
- qarīb savā ghaṇṭe ke bhāṣaṇ mẽ unhõne kendra sarkār kī uplabdhiyõ kā bakhān kiyā aur vipakṣī dal kāṅgres par prahār karne se bhī vah nahī̃ cūke.
- During a nearly hour and fifteen minute-long speech he [Amit Shah] praised the achievements of the central government and did not miss any chance to strike at the opposition party Congress.
- a broad description, account
Declension
[edit]Declension of बखान (masc cons-stem)
Derived terms
[edit]- बखान करना (bakhān karnā)
References
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बखान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Misra, Bal Govind (1967) Historical Phonology of Modern Standard Hindi: Proto-Indo-European to the Present, Cornell University, page 197
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