बियाबान
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Hindi[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- बयाबान (bayābān)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian بیابان (biyābān), from Middle Persian [script needed] (wydʾpʾn /wiyābān/, “astray, wandering; desert”). Compare Punjabi ਬੀਆਬਾਨ (bīābān) / بیابان (beyābān), Gujarati બિયાબાન (biyābān).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
बियाबान • (biyābān) m (Urdu spelling بیابان)
- wilderness
- Synonym: उजाड़ (ujāṛ)
- desert
- forest
Declension[edit]
Declension of बियाबान (masc cons-stem)
References[edit]
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बियाबान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press