بھیݨ

Punjabi

Noun

بَھیْݨ • (bhaiṇ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਭੈਣ)

  1. Alternative form of بَھیْن (bhain, “sister”)

Saraiki

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑁃𑀡𑀻 (bhaiṇī), from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī). Compare Punjabi بَھیْݨ (bhaiṇ) / ਭੈਣ (bhaiṇ), Sindhi ڀيڻ (bheṇa) and Urdu بَہَن (bahan).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʰeːɳ/

Noun

بھیْݨ (bheṇ) f (Devanagari भेण)

  1. sister
    Synonym: اَدی (adī)

References
  • “بھین٘ڑ”, in Dictionary of the Jatki Or Western Panjábi Language, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2019 (originally published in 1900), →ISBN, page 54
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