बहन

See also: बहना, बहाना, बिहान, बहिन, and बहिनी

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बहन

नानी

नाना

दादी

दादा

मामी

मामा

मौसा

मौसी

माता

पिता

ताऊ

ताई

बुआ

फूफा

चाचा

चाची

भांजा

भांजी

जीजा

दीदी

बहनोई

बहन

भैया

भाभी

भाई

भौजाई

भतीजा

भतीजी

जेठानी

जेठ

नंदोई

ननद

देवरानी

देवर

साला

सलहज

साली

साढ़ू

साला

सलहज

पति

पत्नी

समधी

समधिन

बहू

बेटा

पोता

पोती

बेटी

दामाद

जमाई

नाती

नातिन

समधी

समधिन

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Alternative forms

• बहिन (bahin), बैण (baiṇ), भैन (bhain)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀪𑀇𑀡𑀻 (bhaïṇī), 𑀪𑀕𑀺𑀡𑀻 (bhagiṇī), from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /bə.ɦən/, [bɛ.ɦɛ̃n]
• (Eastern Hindi) (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /bə.ɦɪn/, [bɐ.ɦɪ̃n]

Noun

बहन • (bahan) f (male equivalent भाई, Urdu spelling بہن)

1. sister (a female sibling of any age)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:बहन

   बड़ी बहन ― baṛī bahan ― older sister

   छोटी बहन ― choṭī bahan ― younger sister

   भाई-बहन ― bhāī-bahan ― brothers and sisters

2. female cousin
3. sister (term of address between women)

   बहनो, खाना आ गया है!

   bahno, khānā ā gayā hai!

   Sisters, food has been served!

Declension

Declension of बहन (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बहन bahan	बहनें bahanẽ
oblique	बहन bahan	बहनों bahanõ
vocative	बहन bahan	बहनो bahano

Derived terms

• बहनचोद (bahancod)
• बहनोई (bahnoī)
• भाई-बहन (bhāī-bahan)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bhaginī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “बहन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3419
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “बहन”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 506
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “बहन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 715
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “बहन”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 445.