بین

See also: بين, تین, پین, and ب ي ن

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic بَيْنَ (bayna).

Noun

بین • (beyn)

1. interval; distance; space between

   Synonym: آرا (ara)

Usage notes

• The single possession locative بیننده (beyninde) is used as a postposition in the same sense as modern arasında.

Descendants

• Turkish: beyn

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 304
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “beyn”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 425

Persian

Etymology 1

Dari	بین
Iranian Persian
Tajik	байн

From Arabic بَيْنَ (bayna), بَيْن (bayn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bajn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäjn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäjn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bäjn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bäjn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bejn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäjn]

Readings
Classical reading?	bayn
Dari reading?	bayn
Iranian reading?	beyn
Tajik reading?	bayn

Noun

بین • (beyn)

1. separation

Descendants

• → Urdu: بَین (bain)

Preposition

بین • (beyn)

1. between

   بین این دو beyn-e in do — between these two

Synonyms

• میان (miyân)

Derived terms

• از بین بردن (az beyn bordan)
• از بین رفتن (az beyn raftan)

Descendants

• → Urdu: بَینـ (bain-)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian wēn-, the present stem of dīdan (compare Ossetian уынын (wynyn), Yagnobi венак (venak), Zazaki vînayîş), from Old Persian [script needed] (vaina-, “to see”) (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬀- (vaēna-)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [beːn], [biːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [biːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [biːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [biːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bin]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [biːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bin]

Readings
Classical reading?	bēn, bīn
Dari reading?	bīn
Iranian reading?	bin
Tajik reading?	bin

Verb

بین • (bin)

1. present stem form of دیدن (didan)

Derived terms

• دوربین (dur-bin)
• ذره‌بین (zarre-bin)
• خودبین (xodbin)

Urdu

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀬𑀡 (vayaṇa) Sanskrit वचन (vacana).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɛːn/
• Rhymes: -ɛːn

Noun

بَین • (bain) m (Hindi spelling बैन)

1. word, speech, utterance, saying
2. lamentation, wailing

Declension

Declension of بین
	singular	plural
direct	بین (bain)	بین (bain)
oblique	بین (bain)	بینوں (bainō̃)
vocative	بین (bain)	بینو (bainō)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian بین (bayn), from Arabic بَيْن (bayn).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɛːn/
• Rhymes: -ɛːn

Noun

بَین • (bain) m (Hindi spelling बैन)

1. separation, space between

   بَینُ السُّطُور ― bain-u-ssutūr ― interlining (literally, “seperation of the lines, or, space between the lines”)

2. interval

   Synonym: دَرْمِیان (darmiyān)

3. distance

Declension

Declension of بین
	singular	plural
direct	بین (bain)	بین (bain)
oblique	بین (bain)	بینوں (bainō̃)
vocative	بین (bain)	بینو (bainō)

Derived terms

بَینی (bainī)

Adjective

بَین • (bain) (Hindi spelling बैन)

1. middle

   بَین بَین ― bain bain ― in the very midst (literally, “middle of the middle”)

Prefix

بَینـ • (bain-) (Hindi spelling बैन-)

2. inter-

Derived terms

• بَین بَرِّاَعْظَمی (bain-barre'āzamī)
• بَین جن٘گ (bain-jaṅg)
• بَین خُلوی (bain-xulvī)
• بَین نَسْلی (bain-naslī)

 

Etymology 3

Inherited from Sanskrit वीणा (vīṇā)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /biːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

بِین • (bīn) f (Hindi spelling बीन)

1. veena (a kind of lute)
2. pungi (a wind instrument used by snake charmers)

Declension

Declension of بین
	singular	plural
direct	بین (bīn)	بین (bīn)
oblique	بین (bīn)	بینوں (bīnō̃)
vocative	بین (bīn)	بینو (bīnō)

References

• “بین”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بین”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Platts, John Thompson (1884) “بين”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
• John Shakespear (1834) “بين”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC

Ushojo

Noun

بین (ben)

1. wild mint