बदन

Hindi

Etymology

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Arabic بَدَن (badan)bor.

Classical Persian بَدَن (badan)bor.

Hindi बदन (badan)

Borrowed from Classical Persian بَدَن (badan), borrowed from Arabic بَدَن (badan).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bə.d̪ən/, [bɐ.d̪ɐ̃n]

Noun

बदन • (badan) m (Urdu spelling بَدَن)

1. body

   Synonyms: शरीर (śarīr), देह (deh), काया (kāyā), तन (tan)

Declension

Declension of बदन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बदन badan	बदन badan
oblique	बदन badan	बदनों badanõ
vocative	बदन badan	बदनो badano

Further reading

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “बदन”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 438.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “बदन”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 498
• “बदन”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

Marwari

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بدن (badan), from Arabic بَدَن (badan).

Noun

बदन (badan) m

1. body

References

• Bhanwar, Lal Suthar, Gahlot, Sukhveer Singh (1998) राजस्थानी-हिन्दी-अंग्रेजी कोश [rājasthānī-hindī-aṅgrejī koś, Rajasthani-Hindi-English Dictionary] (in Hindi), Jodhpur: Bharat Printers (Press), page 227

Old Awadhi

Noun

बदन (badana)

1. Devanagari script form of 𑂥𑂠𑂢 (“mouth, face”)
   • c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Hanumān Cālīsā :

     सहस बदन तुम्हरो जस गावैं ।
     अस कहि श्रीपति कंठ लगावैं ॥

     sahasa badana tumharo jasa gāvaiṃ.
     asa kahi śrīpati kaṃṭha lagāvaiṃ.

     “A thousand mouths sing thy glories”: saying thus, the lord [Rāma] embraced thee.

   • c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Rāmacaritamānasa :

     सरद मयंक बदन छबि सींवा ।
     चारु कपोल चिबुक दर ग्रीवा ॥

     sarada mayaṃka badana chabi sīṃvā.
     cāru kapola cibuka dara grīvā.

     The moon of the Sharad Purnima is the outline of his face,
     Beautiful are his cheek and chin, and his neck is like the shankha.