बाग़बान

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian باغبان (bāğbān). By surface analysis, बाग़ (bāġ) +‎ -बान (-bān).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bɑːɣ.bɑːn/, [bäːɣ.bä̃ːn], /bɑːɡ.bɑːn/, [bäːɡ.bä̃ːn]
• Hyphenation: बाग़‧बान
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun

बाग़बान • (bāġbān) m (Urdu spelling بَاغْبَان)

1. gardener

   Synonyms: माली (mālī), आरामिक (ārāmik), माल्यजीवक (mālyajīvak), वनार्चक (vanārcak), पुष्पजीवी (puṣpajīvī)

Declension

Declension of बाग़बान (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बाग़बान bāġbān	बाग़बान bāġbān
oblique	बाग़बान bāġbān	बाग़बानों bāġbānõ
vocative	बाग़बान bāġbān	बाग़बानो bāġbāno

Derived terms

• बाग़बानी (bāġbānī)

Further reading

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “बाग़”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 510
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बागबान”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3439
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बाग़बान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 720
• Platts, John T. (1884) “bāg̠-bān”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 123