बुनियाद

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بنیاد (bunyād). Compare Bengali বুনিয়াদ (buniẏad), Punjabi ਬੁਨਿਆਦ (buniāda).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʊ.nɪ.jɑːd̪/, [bʊ.ni.jäːd̪]

Noun

बुनियाद • (buniyād) f (Urdu spelling بنیاد)

1. basis, foundation
   • United Nations (1948) Manvādhikārõ kī sārvabhaum dhoṣṇā (A Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

     […] विश्व-शांति, न्याय और स्वतंत्रता की बुनियाद है […]

     […] viśva-śānti, nyāy aur svatantratā kī buniyād hai […]

     […] the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world […]

2. beginning, frame

Declension

Declension of बुनियाद (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बुनियाद buniyād	बुनियादें buniyādẽ
oblique	बुनियाद buniyād	बुनियादों buniyādõ
vocative	बुनियाद buniyād	बुनियादो buniyādo

Derived terms

• बुनियादी (buniyādī, “basic, foundational”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बुनियाद”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press