बुलंद
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian بلند (buland). Doublet of बृहत् (bŕhat). Compare Punjabi ਬੁਲੰਦ (buland) / بُلَند (buland), Gujarati બુલંદ (buland).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
बुलंद • (buland) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling بلند)
Derived terms edit
- बुलंद दरवाज़ा (buland darvāzā) / بلند دروازه (buland darvāzā, “Buland Darwaza”)
- बुलंदशहर (bulandśahr, “Bulandshahr”)
- बुलंदी (bulandī)
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बुलंद”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press