बेगाना

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi बेगांनां (begā̃nā̃), from Classical Persian بیگانه (bēgāna). Compare Bengali বেগানা (begana), Gujarati બેગાના (begānā), Punjabi ਬਿਗਾਨਾ (bigānā) / بِگانہ (bigānā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /beː.ɡɑː.nɑː/, [beː.ɡäː.näː]

Adjective

बेगाना • (begānā) (Urdu spelling بیگانہ)

1. foreign, alien

Declension

Declension of बेगाना (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	बेगाना begānā	बेगाने begāne	बेगानी begānī	बेगानी begānī
oblique	बेगाने begāne	बेगाने begāne	बेगानी begānī	बेगानी begānī
vocative	बेगाने begāne	बेगाने begāne	बेगानी begānī	बेगानी begānī

Noun

बेगाना • (begānā) m (Urdu spelling بیگانہ)

1. outsider, foreigner

Declension

Declension of बेगाना (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बेगाना begānā	बेगाने begāne
oblique	बेगाने begāne	बेगानों begānõ
vocative	बेगाने begāne	बेगानो begāno

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बेगाना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press