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بھانجا

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Hindi بھانجا (bhanja),[1] from Prakrit 𑀪𑀸𑀬𑀡𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚 (bhāyaṇijja) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit भागिनेय (bhāginēya).[2][3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بھان٘جا (bhāñjām (female equivalent بھان٘جی (bhāñjī), Hindi spelling भाँजा)

  1. sororal nephew (sister's son)

Declension

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Declension of بھانجا
singular plural
direct بھان٘جا (bhāñjā) بھان٘جے (bhāñje)
oblique بھان٘جے (bhāñje) بھان٘جوں (bhāñjõ)
vocative بھان٘جے (bhāñje) بھان٘جو (bhāñjo)

References

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  1. ^ بھانجا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ John Shakespear (1834), “بھانجا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
  3. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bhāginēya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 537

Further reading

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