بھین

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑀇𑀡𑀺 (bhaïṇi), from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī).

Noun

بَھیْݨ (bhaiṇ)

1. sister

Punjabi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī)

Prakrit 𑀪𑀇𑀡𑀺 (bhaïṇi)

Punjabi بَھیْݨ (bhaiṇ)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑀇𑀡𑀺 (bhaïṇi), from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī). Compare Sindhi ڀيڻ (bheṇa), Saraiki بھیݨ (bheṇ) and Urdu بہن (bahan).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: pæ̀ṇă IPA^(key): /pɛː˨ɳᵊ/

Noun

بَھیْݨ • (bhaiṇ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਭੈਣ)

1. sister

Declension

Declension of بھین

	singular	plural
direct	بَھیْݨ (bhaiṇ)	بَھیْݨاں (bhaiṇāṉ)
oblique	بَھیْݨ (bhaiṇ)	بَھیْݨاں (bhaiṇāṉ)
vocative	بَھیْݨے (bhaiṇe)	بَھیْݨو (bhaiṇo)
ablative	بَھیْݨوں (bhaiṇoṉ)	بَھیْݨاں (bhaiṇāṉ)
locative	بَھیْݨی (bhaiṇī)	بَھیْݨِیں (bhaiṇīṉ)
instrumental	بَھیْݨِیں (bhaiṇīṉ)	بَھیْݨے (bhaiṇe)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بھَین”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “بھین”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “بَھین”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhaginī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 531

Ushojo

Noun

بھین (bhīn)

1. wild mint