বিহান

Assamese

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit विभानुः (vibhānuḥ)[1].

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bi.ɦan/

Noun

বিহান • (bihan)

  1. morning
    Synonyms: ৰাতিপুৱা (ratipua), ভোৰ (bhür)

Bengali

Alternative forms
  • বিয়ান (biẏan), বেহান (behan), বেয়ান (beẏan)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit विभानुः (vibhānuḥ)[2].

Noun

বিহান • (bihan)

  1. morning; dawn; daybreak
    কখন যে গেছ বিহানে
    kôkhôn je gechô bihane
    When you went in the morning?
    - Rabindranath Tagore

Noun

বিহান • (bihan)

  1. mother-in-law or aunt-in-law of a son/daughter.

Derived terms
  • বেইন্যা (beinna) (Vaṅga)

References
  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931), “बियान”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner
  2. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931), “बियान”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner
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