બહેન
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Gujarati
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Gujarati बहिन (bahina), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀪𑀇𑀡𑀻 (bhaïṇī), 𑀪𑀕𑀺𑀡𑀻 (bhagiṇī), from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī). Doublet of બેની (benī).
Cognates
Assamese ভনী (bhoni), Bengali বোন (bōn), Hindustani बहन / بَہَن (bahan), Kachchi ભેણ (bheṇ), Konkani भैण (bhaiṇ), Marathi बहीण (bahīṇ), Marwari भैण (bhaiṇ), Nepali बहिनी (bahinī), Odia ବହିଣୀ (bahiṇi), Punjabi بَھیْݨ / ਭੈਣ (bhaiṇ), Romani phen, Saraiki بھیْݨ (bheṇ), Sindhi ڀيڻَ (bheṇa), and Sinhalese බිහිණි (bihiṇi).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈbə.ɦeːn/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈbɛ̤n/
- Rhymes: -eːn
- Hyphenation: બ‧હેન
Noun
[edit]બહેન • (bahen) f
Declension
[edit]Declension of બહેન | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | બહેન (bahen) | બહેનો (baheno) |
oblique | બહેન (bahen) | બહેનો (baheno) |
vocative | બહેન (bahen) | બહેનો (baheno) |
instrumental | બહેને (bahene) | બહેનોએ (bahenoe) |
locative | બહેને (bahene) | બહેનોએ (bahenoe) |
References
[edit]- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhaginī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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