बियाबान

बियाबान

Hindi

Alternative forms

• बयाबान (bayābān)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بیابان‎ (biyâbân), from Middle Persian [script needed] (wydʾpʾn /wiyābān/, “astray, wandering; desert”). Compare Punjabi ਬੀਆਬਾਨ (bīābān) / بیابان‎ (byābān), Gujarati બિયાબાન (biyābān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biː.jɑː.bɑːn/

Noun

बियाबान • (biyābān) m (Urdu spelling بیابان‎)

1. wilderness

   Synonym: उजाड़ (ujāṛ)

2. desert

   Synonyms: मरुस्थल (marusthal), रेगिस्तान (registān), सहरा (sahrā)

3. forest

   Synonyms: जंगल (jaṅgal), वन (van)

Declension

Declension of बियाबान
	Singular	Plural
Direct	बियाबान (biyābān)	बियाबान (biyābān)
Oblique	बियाबान (biyābān)	बियाबानों (biyābānõ)
Vocative	बियाबान (biyābān)	बियाबानो (biyābāno)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “बियाबान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press