बुलंद
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian بلند (boland). Doublet of बृहत् (bŕhat). Compare Punjabi ਬੁਲੰਦ (buland) / بُلَند (buland), Gujarati બુલંદ (buland).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /bʊ.lənd̪/, [bʊ.l̪ə̃n̪d̪]
Adjective
बुलंद • (buland) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling بلند)
- high, lofty
- loud
Derived terms
- बुलंद दरवाज़ा (buland darvāzā) / بلند دروازه (buland darvāzā, “Buland Darwaza”)
- बुलंदशहर (bulandśahr, “Bulandshahr”)
- बुलंदी (bulandī)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “बुलंद”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press