बहीण

See also: बहिणी

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi बहिणी (bahiṇī), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀪𑁃𑀡𑀻 (bhaiṇī) ,from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī). Cognate to Konkani भैण (bhaiṇ).

Noun

बहीण • (bahīṇ) f (plural बहिणी)

1. sister (a female sibling of any age)
2. female cousin

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “बहीण”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “[1]”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhaginī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press