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Punjabi

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Etymology

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Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit वसन्त (vasanta). Doublet of بَہار (bahār).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بَسَنْت (basantm (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਸੰਤ)

  1. spring (season)
    Synonym: بَہار (bahār)

Declension

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Declension of بسنت
dir. sg. بَسَنْت (basant)
dir. pl. بَسَنْت (basant)
singular plural
direct بَسَنْت (basant) بَسَنْت (basant)
oblique بَسَنْت (basant) بَسَنْتاں (basantāṉ)
vocative بَسَنْتا (basantā) بَسَنْتو (basanto)
ablative بَسَنْتوں (basantoṉ) بَسَنْتاں (basantāṉ)
locative بَسَنْتے (basante) بَسَنْتِیں (basantīṉ)
instrumental بَسَنْتوں (basantoṉ)

Further reading

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  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بسنت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਬਸੰਤ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Sindhi

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Etymology

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Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit वसन्त (vasanta). Doublet of بَهارَ (bahāra).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بَسَنْتُ (basantum (Devanagari बसंतु)

  1. spring (season)
    Synonym: بَهارَ (bahāra)
  2. (music) an evening or springtime raga of the Purvi thaat

Derived terms

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References

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  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “بسنت”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society

Urdu

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بَسَنْت (sense 2)

Etymology

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Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit वसन्त (vasantá). First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi بسنت (bsnt /⁠basant⁠/).[1] Doublet of بَہار (bahār) and وَسَنْت (vasant).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بَسَنْت (basantm (Hindi spelling बसंत)

  1. spring (season)
    Synonym: بَہار (bahār)
  2. a festival observing the arrival of spring.

Declension

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    Declension of بسنت
singular plural
direct بَسَنْت (basant) بَسَنْت (basant)
oblique بَسَنْت (basant) بَسَنْتوں (basantõ)
vocative بَسَنْت (basant) بَسَنْتو (basanto)

Proper noun

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بَسَنْت (basantm (Hindi spelling बसंत)

  1. a male given name, Basant, of Hindu or Indian usage

Declension

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    Declension of بسنت
singular plural
direct بَسَنْت (basant) بَسَنْت (basant)
oblique بَسَنْت (basant) بَسَنْتوں (basantõ)
vocative بَسَنْت (basant) بَسَنْتو (basanto)

References

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  1. ^ بسنت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Further reading

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  •   Vasant Panchami on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • بسنت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بسنت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 113
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “بسنت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 156
  • John Shakespear (1834) “بسنت”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “بسنت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 258