बैन-बैन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بين بين (bayn-bayn), from Arabic بَيْنَ بَيْنَ (bayna bayna).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bɛːn.bɛːn/, [bɛ̃ːn.bɛ̃ːn]

Adjective

बैन-बैन • (bain-bain) (Urdu spelling بين بين)

1. middling, mediocre, intermediate

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “bain”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 211