बहन بَہَن ♣ Eng. -phagous, pagoda
[bɛh₍ɛ₎n], f. a sister.
[◀MIA: Pk. bha(g)iṇī-, °ṇiā-, bahiṇī- f. ‘sister’; Pa. bhaginī- f. ‘sister’ ◀OIA bhaginī- f. ‘sister’ Mn., °nikā- f. Kathās. <.bhagín- ‘prosperous, happy’ AV. <.bhága- m. ‘good fortune, sexual pleasure’ RV. <√bhaj ‘impart, possess, enjoy’ ◀PIE *bhag- ‘to divide, to share out, apportion’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. -phagous, porgy, pagoda, baksheesh ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0191; (Turner, 1966) 9349, 9348, 9346, p.532; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 495; (MW, 1899) 0744, 0743; (Pokorny, 1959) 0107; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 3.361, , 2.241
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