बियाबान
Hindi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- बयाबान (bayābān)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian بیابان (biyābān), from Middle Persian [script needed] (wydʾpʾn /wiyābān/, “astray, wandering; desert”). Compare Punjabi ਬੀਆਬਾਨ (bīābān) / بیابان (beyābān), Gujarati બિયાબાન (biyābān).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]बियाबान • (biyābān) m (Urdu spelling بیابان)
- wilderness
- Synonym: उजाड़ (ujāṛ)
- desert
- forest
Declension
[edit]Declension of बियाबान (masc cons-stem)
References
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बियाबान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press