बाग़बान

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (bāğbān). By surface analysis, बाग़ (bāġ) +‎ -बान (-bān).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bɑːɣ.bɑːn/, [bäːɣ.bä̃ːn], /bɑːɡ.bɑːn/, [bäːɡ.bä̃ːn]
Hyphenation: बाग़‧बान
Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun

बाग़बान • (bāġbān) m (Urdu spelling بَاغْبَان)

gardener
Synonyms: माली (mālī), आरामिक (ārāmik), माल्यजीवक (mālyajīvak), वनार्चक (vanārcak), पुष्पजीवी (puṣpajīvī)

Declension

Declension of बाग़बान (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बाग़बान bāġbān	बाग़बान bāġbān
oblique	बाग़बान bāġbān	बाग़बानों bāġbānõ
vocative	बाग़बान bāġbān	बाग़बानो bāġbāno

Derived terms

बाग़बानी (bāġbānī)

Further reading

Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “बाग़”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 510
Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बागबान”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3439
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बाग़बान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 720
Platts, John T. (1884) “bāg̠-bān”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 123

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