बहाना

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

Hindi

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian بہانه (bahâne).

Noun

बहाना • (bahānā) m (Urdu spelling بہانہ)

1. excuse, justification

   (deprecated template usage) वह बहाने बनाने लगी। ― vah bahāne banāne lagī. ― She began to make excuses.

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   इससे अच्छा बहाना और क्या हो सकता है?

   isse acchā bahānā aur kyā ho saktā hai?

   What better excuse can there be than this?

2. pretext, pretence

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   अपना मज़हब के बहाना से, आतंकवादी ने एक मंदिर उड़ाया।

   apnā mazhab ke bahānā se, ātaṅkvādī ne ek mandir uṛāyā.

   Under the pretence of his religion, the terrorist blew up a temple.

Synonyms

• मिस (mis)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “बहाना”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.