بہن

See also: پهن‎ and تهن‎

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑀇𑀡𑀺 (bhaïṇi), from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī). Cognate with Punjabi بَھیْݨ‎ (bhaiṇ).

Pronunciation

Noun

بَہَن or بَہِن • (bahan or bahin) f (Hindi spelling बहन or बहिन)

  1. sister
    Synonym: باجی‎ (bājī)
  2. (polite) any female person

Declension
Declension of بہن‎
singular plural
direct بہن‎ (bahan) بہنیں‎ (bahanẽ)
oblique بہن‎ (bahan) بہنوں‎ (bahanõ)
vocative بہن‎ (bahan) بہنو‎ (bahano)

References
  • “بہن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “بہن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “بہن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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