बाग़बान

Borrowed from Classical Persian باغبان‎ (bāğbān). By surface analysis, बाग़ (bāġ) +‎ -बान (-bān).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bɑːɣ.bɑːn/, [bäːɣ.bä̃ːn̪], /bɑːɡ.bɑːn/, [bäːɡ.bä̃ːn̪]
• Hyphenation: बाग़‧बान
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

बाग़बान • (bāġbān) m (Urdu spelling بَاغْبَان‎)

1. gardener

   Synonyms: माली (mālī), आरामिक (ārāmik), माल्यजीवक (mālyajīvak), वनार्चक (vanārcak), पुष्पजीवी (puṣpajīvī)

• बाग़बानी (bāġbānī)

• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “बाग़”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 510
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “बागबान”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3439
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “बाग़बान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 720
• Platts, John T. (1884), “bāg̠-bān”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 123