بسنت

Punjabi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit वसन्त (vasanta). Doublet of بَہار (bahār).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /bə.sənt̪ə̆/
• Rhymes: -ənt̪

Noun

بَسَنْت • (basant) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਸੰਤ)

1. spring (season)

   Synonym: بَہار (bahār)

2. a kite-flying festival observing the arrival of spring.

Declension

Declension of بسنت

	singular	plural
direct	بَسَنْت (basant)	بَسَنْتاں (basantāṉ)
oblique	بَسَنْت (basant)	بَسَنْتاں (basantāṉ)
vocative	بَسَنْتے (basante)	بَسَنْتو (basanto)
ablative	بَسَنْتوں (basantoṉ)	—
locative	بَسَنْتی (basantī)	بَسَنْتِیں (basantīṉ)
instrumental	بَسَنْتے (basante)	بَسَنْتِیں (basantīṉ)

Noun

بَسَنْت • (basant) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਸੰਤ)

1. (music) an evening or springtime raga of the Purvi thaat

Declension

Declension of بسنت

	singular	plural
direct	بَسَنْت (basant)	بَسَنْت (basant)
oblique	بَسَنْت (basant)	بَسَنْتاں (basantāṉ)
vocative	بَسَنْتا (basantā)	بَسَنْتو (basanto)
ablative	بَسَنْتوں (basantoṉ)	—
locative	بَسَنْتے (basante)	بَسَنْتِیں (basantīṉ)
instrumental	بَسَنْتوں (basantoṉ)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “بسنت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz], page 330
• “ਬਸੰਤ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026

Sindhi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit वसन्त (vasanta). Doublet of بَهارَ (bahāra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bə.sən.t̪ʊ/, [bə.sənt̪]

Noun

بَسَنْتُ • (basantu) m (Devanagari बसंतु)

1. spring (season)

   Synonym: بَهارَ (bahāra)

2. (music) an evening or springtime raga of the Purvi thaat

Derived terms

• بَسَنْتُ پَنِچميِ (basantu panicmyi)
• بَسَنْتُيِ (basantuyi)

References

• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “بسنت”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society

Urdu

بَسَنْت (noun sense 2)

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit वसन्त (vasantá). First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi بسنت (bsnt /⁠basant⁠/). Doublet of بَہار (bahār) and وَسَنْت (vasant).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bə.sənt̪/
• Rhymes: -ənt̪
• Hyphenation: بَ‧سَنْت

Noun

بَسَنْت • (basant) m (Hindi spelling बसंत)

1. spring (season)

   Synonym: بَہار (bahār)

3. a festival observing the arrival of spring.

Declension

Declension of بسنت

	singular	plural
direct	بَسَنْت (basant)	بَسَنْت (basant)
oblique	بَسَنْت (basant)	بَسَنْتوں (basantõ)
vocative	بَسَنْت (basant)	بَسَنْتو (basanto)

Proper noun

بَسَنْت • (basant) m (Hindi spelling बसंत)

1. a male given name, Basant, feminine equivalent بَسَنْتی (basantī)

Declension

Declension of بسنت

	singular	plural
direct	بَسَنْت (basant)	بَسَنْت (basant)
oblique	بَسَنْت (basant)	بَسَنْتوں (basantõ)
vocative	بَسَنْت (basant)	بَسَنْتو (basanto)

Further reading

• Fallon, S. W. (1879), “بسنت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 258
• Platts, John T. (1884), “بسنت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 156
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “بسنت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 113
• John Shakespear (1834), “بسنت”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
• “بسنت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.