बिरहन

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit विरहिणी (virahiṇī). Doublet of विरहिणी (virhiṇī), a tatsama

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /bɪɾ.ɦən/, [bɪɾ.ɦɐ̃n]

Noun[edit]

बिरहन (birhanf (Urdu spelling برہن)

  1. woman suffering the pangs of separation from her lover or husband
    • Tufail Hushiarpuri, Sason ki malan:
      दर्शन जल की प्यासी आँखें रो रो कर गईं सूख,
      अँधियारों में डूब गए बिरहन के सुब्ह-ओ-शाम
      darśan jal kī pyāsī ā̃khẽ ro ro kar gaī̃ sūkh,
      andhiyārõ mẽ ḍūb gae birhan ke subha-o-śām
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. woman separated from her lover or husband

Declension[edit]

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