बुलंद

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بلند (buland). Doublet of बृहत् (bŕhat). Compare Punjabi ਬੁਲੰਦ (buland) / بُلَند (buland), Gujarati બુલંદ (buland).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʊ.lənd̪/, [bʊ.lɐ̃n̪d̪]

Adjective

बुलंद • (buland) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling بلند)

1. high, lofty
2. loud

Derived terms

• बुलंद दरवाज़ा (buland darvāzā) / بلند دروازه (buland darvāzā, “Buland Darwaza”)
• बुलंदशहर (bulandśahr, “Bulandshahr”)
• बुलंदी (bulandī)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बुलंद”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press