बायाँ

See also: बायें

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi बायाँ (bāyām̐), बाँव (bām̐va), बाँवाँ (bām̐vām̐), from Prakrit वाम (vāma) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit वाम (vāma, “left”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-mó- (“deficient”). See वाम (vāma) for more.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /bɑː.jɑ̃ː/, [bäː.jä̃ː]

• Audio (Delhi):

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Adjective

बायाँ • (bāyā̃) (Urdu spelling بایاں)

1. left (side)

   Antonym: दायाँ (dāyā̃)

   • Bible 2 Chronicles 4:7:

     उसने सोने की दस दीवट बनवाई, और पांच दाहिनी ओर और पांच बायाँ ओर मन्दिर में रखवा दीं

     usne sone kī das dīvaṭ banvāī, aur pāñc dāhinī or aur pāñc bāyā̃ or mandir mẽ rakhvā dī̃

     He built 10 golden candelabra and placed 5 to the right, 5 to the left of the temple

Declension

Declension of बायाँ (ā̃-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	बायाँ bāyā̃	बाएँ, बायें bāẽ, bāyẽ	बाईं, बायीं bāī̃, bāyī̃	बाईं, बायीं bāī̃, bāyī̃
oblique	बाएँ, बायें bāẽ, bāyẽ	बाएँ, बायें bāẽ, bāyẽ	बाईं, बायीं bāī̃, bāyī̃	बाईं, बायीं bāī̃, bāyī̃
vocative	बाएँ, बायें bāẽ, bāyẽ	बाएँ, बायें bāẽ, bāyẽ	बाईं, बायीं bāī̃, bāyī̃	बाईं, बायीं bāī̃, bāyī̃

Derived terms

• बाएँ (bāẽ)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “बायाँ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 725
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “3460”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “516”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vā́ma”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press