बजाय
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Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian بجای (ba-jāy, “instead”). See also बजा (bajā, “appropriate, right”), from Classical Persian بجا (ba-jā, “right, proper, timely”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]बजाय • (bajāy) (Urdu spelling بجائے)
Derived terms
[edit]- के बजाय (ke bajāy)
References
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ब-”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 691
Sanskrit
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]बजाय • (bajāya) m