बियाबान
Hindi
editAlternative forms
edit- बयाबान (bayābān)
Etymology
editBorrowed from Classical Persian بیابان (biyābān), from Middle Persian [script needed] (wydʾpʾn /wiyābān/, “astray, wandering; desert”). Compare Punjabi ਬੀਆਬਾਨ (bīābān) / بیابان (beyābān), Gujarati બિયાબાન (biyābān).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editबियाबान • (biyābān) m (Urdu spelling بیابان)
- wilderness
- Synonym: उजाड़ (ujāṛ)
- desert
- forest
Declension
editDeclension of बियाबान (masc cons-stem)
References
edit- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बियाबान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press