# भिन्न
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भिन्न (bhinná).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /bʱɪnn/, [bʱɪ̃n(ː)]

### Adjective

भिन्न • (bhinn) (indeclinable)
* separate (divided, not together)
* different (not the same; unlike)
* split (physically separated)

#### Related terms

* भिन्नता (bhinntā)

### Noun

भिन्न • (bhinn) m
* (mathematics) a fraction (a part or proportion of a number)

#### Declension
### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भिन्न”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 767
* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “भिन्न”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भिन्न (bhinná).

### Adjective

भिन्न • (bhinna)
* different, separate, distinct, different
* divided

### Noun

भिन्न • (bhinna) n
* (mathematics) a fraction (a part or proportion of a number)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “भिन्न”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “भिन्न”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ভিন্ন (Assamese script)
* ᬪᬶᬦ᭄ᬦ (Balinese script)
* ভিন্ন (Bengali script)
* 𑰥𑰰𑰡𑰿𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀪𑀺𑀦𑁆𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* ဘိန္န (Burmese script)
* ભિન્ન (Gujarati script)
* ਭਿਨ੍ਨ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌭𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌨 (Grantha script)
* ꦨꦶꦤ꧀ꦤ (Javanese script)
* 𑂦𑂱𑂢𑂹𑂢 (Kaithi script)
* ಭಿನ್ನ (Kannada script)
* ភិន្ន (Khmer script)
* ຠິນ຺ນ (Lao script)
* ഭിന്ന (Malayalam script)
* ᢨᡳᠨᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘥𑘱𑘡𑘿𑘡 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠾᠢᠨᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧅𑧒𑧁𑧠𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐨𑐶𑐣𑑂𑐣 (Newa script)
* ଭିନ୍ନ (Odia script)
* ꢩꢶꢥ꣄ꢥ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆨𑆴𑆤𑇀𑆤 (Sharada script)
* 𑖥𑖰𑖡𑖿𑖡 (Siddham script)
* භින‍්න (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩳𑩑𑩯 𑪙𑩯 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚡𑚮𑚝𑚶𑚝 (Takri script)
* பி⁴ந்ந (Tamil script)
* భిన్న (Telugu script)
* ภินฺน (Thai script)
* བྷི་ནྣ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒦𑒱𑒢𑓂𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨡𑨁𑨝𑩇𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰid-nó-s, from *bʰeyd- (“to split, to break”). Cognate with Old English biten (whence English bitten).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /bʱin.nɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈbʱin̪.n̪ɐ/

### Adjective

भिन्न • (bhinná) stem
* broken, split, shattered
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.32.8:न॒दं न भि॒न्नम्अ॒मुया शया॑नं॒ मनो॒ रुहा॑णा॒ अति॑ य॒न्त्यापः॑। याश्चि॑द्वृ॒त्रो म॑हि॒ना प॒र्यति॑ष्ठ॒त्तासा॒महिः॑ पत्सुतः॒शीर्ब॑भूव॥nadáṃ ná bhinnámamúyā́ śáyānaṃ máno rúhāṇā áti yantyā́paḥ. yā́ścidvṛtró mahinā́ paryátiṣṭhattā́sāmáhiḥ patsutaḥśī́rbabhūva.The sprouting waters flow over him as he lies down as if over a broken reed The Dragon lies beneath the feet of torrents which Vṛtra with his greatness had encompassed.
* destroyed

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kashmiri: ब्यन् (byan)
* Gandhari: 𐨧𐨁𐨎𐨣 (bhiṃna)
* Old Javanese: bhinna
** > Javanese: ꦧꦶꦤ (bina) (inherited)
* Pali: bhinna
* Prakrit: 𑀪𑀺𑀡𑁆𑀡 (bhiṇṇa)
** Assamese: ভিন (bhin)
** Bengali: ভিন (bhin)
** Maithili: भीन (bhīn)
** ⇒ Marathi: भिनणे (bhinṇe, “to penetrate”, verb)
** Punjabi: ਭਿਨੱ (bhina)