बहिन
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Hindi[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
बहिन • (bahin) f
- (Eastern Hindi) Alternative form of बहन (bahan)
Declension[edit]
Declension of बहिन (fem cons-stem)
References[edit]
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “बहिन”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बहिन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “बहिन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बहिन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Old Gujarati[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī).
Noun[edit]
बहिन • (bahina) f
- sister
- 1422, unknown, कालिकसूरिकथा :
- मातापिता मोकलावी पांच सइं क्षित्रीए अनइ सरस्वती बहिन सहित दीक्षा लीधी।
- mātāpitā mokalāvī pāṃca saïṃ kṣitrīe anaï sarasvatī bahina sahita dīkṣā līdhī.
- (His) parents sent him off; together with five hundred kshatriyas and (his) sister Sarasvati he took diksha.
- मातापिता मोकलावी पांच सइं क्षित्रीए अनइ सरस्वती बहिन सहित दीक्षा लीधी।