বিয়ান

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Bengali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Bengali বিহান (bihan), from an earlier বিহানী (bihani), from Prakrit *𑀯𑀺𑀆𑀳𑀺𑀦𑀻 (*viāhinī), from Sanskrit *विवाहिनी (vivāhinī, (one) aligned by marriage), from विवाह (vivāha, marriage) +‎ -इनी (-inī). Cognate with Assamese বিয়নী (bini), Gujarati વહેવણ (vahevaṇ), વેહ્વણ (vehvaṇ), Marathi विहीण (vihīṇ). Doublet of বিয়াই (biẏai), বিয়ে (biẏe), and বিবাহ (bibaho).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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বিয়ান (biẏan)

  1. son's or daughter's mother-in-law

References

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