From Sanskrit वचन (vacana). Doublet of बचन (bacan).
बैन (bain) m
- word
1704, Vŕnd,
Nīti Satasaī 31.1:
- जाको हृदय कठोर तिहिं लगे न कोमल बैन ।
- jāko hŕday kaṭhor tihĩ lage na komal bain .
- Translation by Rupert Snell
- S/he whose heart is hard is impervious to soft words,