Pashto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hindustani, see Hindi बौना (baunā) and Urdu بونا (bonā), from Sanskrit वामन (vāmana).

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Noun

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بونا (bonām

  1. dwarf, midget

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Urdu

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀯𑀤𑀺 (vavadi), from Sanskrit वपति (vapati).

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Verb

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بونا (bonām (Hindi spelling बोना)

  1. to sow, plant
Conjugation
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  • Note: The second-person polite form آپ (āp) (āp) uses the third-person plural conjugation.

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀫𑀡 (vāmaṇa), from Sanskrit वामन (vāmaná). Doublet of وامن (vāman), a tatsama.

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Adjective

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بونا (baunā) (Hindi spelling बौना)

  1. dwarf, miniature, small

Noun

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بونا (baunām (Hindi spelling बौना)

  1. a dwarf
Declension
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Declension of بونا
singular plural
direct بونا (baunā) بونے (baune)
oblique بونے (baune) بونوں (baunõ)
vocative بونے (baune) بونو (bauno)

Proper noun

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بونا (baunām (Hindi spelling बौना)

  1. (Hinduism) the fifth avatar of Vishnu
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This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

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  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بونا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.