बेज़बान

Hindi

Alternative forms

• बेज़ुबान (bezubān)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بیزبان (bē-zabān). By surface analysis, बे- (be-, “without”) +‎ ज़बान (zabān, “tongue; language”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /beː.zə.bɑːn/, [beː.zɐ.bä̃ːn], /beː.d͡ʒə.bɑːn/, [beː.d͡ʒɐ.bä̃ːn]

Noun

बेज़बान • (bezabān) ? (Urdu spelling بزبان)

1. mute, someone who cannot speak

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Adjective

बेज़बान • (bezabān) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling بزبان)

1. dumb, voiceless

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बे”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बेजबान”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “बे”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Hardev Bahri (2013) “बेज़बान”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN