बखान

Hindi

FWOTD – 9 August 2021

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi बखान (bakhāna), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸𑀡 (vakkhāṇa), from Sanskrit व्याख्यान (vyākhyā́na), from ख्या (khyā). Doublet of व्याख्यान (vyākhyān, “lecture”).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bə.kʰɑːn/, [bə.kʰä̃ːn̪]

Noun

बखान • (bakhān) m (Urdu spelling بکھان‎)

praise
- 2018 February 8, “अमित शाह के पहले राज्यसभा भाषण की 20 अहम बातें”, in BBC Hindi‎:
  क़रीब सवा घंटे के भाषण में उन्होंने केंद्र सरकार की उपलब्धियों का बखान किया और विपक्षी दल कांग्रेस पर प्रहार करने से भी वह नहीं चूके.
  qarīb savā ghaṇṭe ke bhāṣaṇ mẽ unhonne kendra sarkār kī uplabdhiyõ kā bakhān kiyā aur vipakṣī dal kāṅgres par prahār karne se bhī vah nahī̃ cūke.
  During a nearly hour and fifteen minute-long speech he [Amit Shah] praised the achievements of the central government and did not miss any chance to strike at the opposition party Congress.
Synonyms: तारीफ़ (tārīf), प्रशंसा (praśansā)
a broad description, account

Declension

Declension of बखान (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बखान bakhān	बखान bakhān
oblique	बखान bakhān	बखानों bakhānõ
vocative	बखान bakhān	बखानो bakhāno

Derived terms

बखान करना (bakhān karnā)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “बखान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Misra, Bal Govind (1967) Historical Phonology of Modern Standard Hindi: Proto-Indo-European to the Present, Cornell University, page 197