बिरहन

Hindi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit विरहिणी (virahiṇī). Doublet of विरहिणी (virhiṇī), a tatsama

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bɪɾ.ɦən/, [bɪɾ.ɦɐ̃n]

Noun

बिरहन • (birhan) f (Urdu spelling برہن)

1. woman suffering the pangs of separation from her lover or husband
   • Tufail Hushiarpuri, Sason ki malan:

     दर्शन जल की प्यासी आँखें रो रो कर गईं सूख,
     अँधियारों में डूब गए बिरहन के सुब्ह-ओ-शाम

     darśan jal kī pyāsī ā̃khẽ ro ro kar gaī̃ sūkh,
     andhiyārõ mẽ ḍūb gae birhan ke subha-o-śām

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. woman separated from her lover or husband

Declension

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