Where does “بین” come from?

بین (Urdu) comes from Sanskrit वीणा, from Proto-Indo-Aryan wī́nā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wī́nā — a lute.

بین (Urdu): word, speech, utterance, saying

Definitions

  1. word, speech, utterance, saying

Ancestry of “بین”, step by step

بین traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit वीणा

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritवीणाthe Indian lute; a particular configuration of...
2Proto-Indo-Aryanwī́nā—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianwī́nāa lute

via Classical Persian بین

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianبین—
2Arabicبَيْنَ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wī́nā →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan wī́nā →Every word from Sanskrit वीणा →