बाग़बानी
See also: बाग़बान
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian باغبانی (bāğbānī). By surface analysis, बाग़बान (bāġbān) + -ई (-ī).
Pronunciation edit
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /bɑːɣ.bɑː.niː/, [bäːɣ.bäː.niː], /bɑːɡ.bɑː.niː/, [bäːɡ.bäː.niː]
- Hyphenation: बाग़‧बा‧नी
Noun edit
बाग़बानी • (bāġbānī) f (Urdu spelling بَاغْبَانِی)
- gardening
- मैं अपने घर के पीछे की जगह में बाग़बानी करता हूँ।
- ma͠i apne ghar ke pīche kī jagah mẽ bāġbānī kartā hū̃.
- I do gardening in the space behind my house.
Further reading edit
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “बाग़”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 510
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बागबानी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3439
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बाग़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 720
- Platts, John T. (1884) “bāg̠-bān ī”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 123
- “बाग़बानी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.