فیل بان

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (fīl-bān).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fiːl.bɑːn/
Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun

فِیل بان • (fīl-bān) m (Hindi spelling फ़ीलबान)

mahout
Synonyms: مَہَوت (mahaut), مَہاوَت (mahāvat)

References

John Shakespear (1834) “فيلبان”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
Platts, John T. (1884) “فيل”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 785

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