"بہن" meaning in Urdu

See بہن in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bə.ɦən/ [Standard, Urdu], /bə.ɦɪn/ [Standard, Urdu], [bɛ.ɦɛn] [Standard, Urdu], [bʱɛːn] (note: Punjabic Urdu)
Rhymes: -ɛn, -ɛːn Etymology: Etymology tree Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī) Prakrit 𑀪𑀇𑀡𑀺 (bhaïṇi) Urdu بَہَن (bahan)Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑀇𑀡𑀺 (bhaïṇi), from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī). Cognate with Punjabi بَھیْݨ (bhaiṇ). Etymology templates: {{etymon|ur|inh|pra>𑀪𑀇𑀡𑀺>sister|id=sister|text=++|title=بَہَن|tree=++}} Etymology tree Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī) Prakrit 𑀪𑀇𑀡𑀺 (bhaïṇi) Urdu بَہَن (bahan)Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑀇𑀡𑀺 (bhaïṇi), from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī)., {{cog|pa|بَھیْݨ}} Punjabi بَھیْݨ (bhaiṇ) Head templates: {{ur-noun|g=f|head=بَہَن|m=بھائِی}} بَہَن • (bahan) f (masculine بھائِی (bhāī), Hindi spelling बहन) Inflection templates: {{ur-decl-noun|بَہَن|bahan|بَہَنیں|bahanẽ|بَہَن|bahan|بَہَنوں|bahanõ|بَہَن|bahan|بَہَنو|bahano}} Forms: بَہَن [canonical], bahan [romanization], بھائِی [masculine], बहन [Hindi], no-table-tags [table-tags], بَہَن [direct, singular], بَہَنیں [direct, plural], بَہَن [oblique, singular], بَہَنوں [oblique, plural], بَہَن [singular, vocative], بَہَنو [plural, vocative]
  1. sister (a female sibling of any age) Categories (topical): Family Synonyms: باجی
    Sense id: en-بہن-ur-noun-d~wS9IUm Disambiguation of Family: 75 25 1 Categories (other): Urdu nouns with declension Disambiguation of Urdu nouns with declension: 38 29 34
  2. (by extension) a female cousin Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-بہن-ur-noun-piNVALFS Categories (other): Urdu nouns with declension Disambiguation of Urdu nouns with declension: 38 29 34
  3. (polite, vocative) any female person Tags: polite, vocative Categories (topical): Female family members
    Sense id: en-بہن-ur-noun-OwDZ8Vxe Disambiguation of Female family members: 29 22 48 Categories (other): Pages using invalid parameters when calling Template:R:ur:Shakespear, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Urdu entries with etymology texts, Urdu entries with etymology trees, Urdu entries with incorrect language header, Urdu nouns with declension, Urdu terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Pages using invalid parameters when calling Template:R:ur:Shakespear: 38 4 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 8 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 3 71 Disambiguation of Urdu entries with etymology texts: 23 2 75 Disambiguation of Urdu entries with etymology trees: 15 2 84 Disambiguation of Urdu entries with incorrect language header: 21 1 77 Disambiguation of Urdu nouns with declension: 38 29 34 Disambiguation of Urdu terms with redundant transliterations: 16 1 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: بَہْنا (bahnā), بَھینا (bhainā) [endearing]
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          "word": "بھائی"
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          "word": "بَرَادَر"
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      "ipa": "/bə.ɦən/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard",
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      "ipa": "/bə.ɦɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard",
        "Urdu"
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    {
      "ipa": "[bɛ.ɦɛn]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard",
        "Urdu"
      ]
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      "ipa": "[bʱɛːn]",
      "note": "Punjabic Urdu"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛn"
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      "rhymes": "-ɛːn"
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      "word": "بَہْنا"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "endearing"
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      "word": "بَھینا"
    }
  ],
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}
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        },
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        }
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      ],
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      ],
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      "ipa": "[bʱɛːn]",
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      "rhymes": "-ɛn"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɛːn"
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      "word": "بَہْنا"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "endearing"
      ],
      "word": "بَھینا"
    }
  ],
  "word": "بہن"
}

Download raw JSONL data for بہن meaning in Urdu (3.9kB)

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