Given name · Urdu
بسنت
“one who smiles often”
بسنت (basant) is a masculine given name from Sanskrit, ultimately from Middle Hindi. It is used in Urdu.
UrduWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Basant.
Meaning & origin
What it means
بسنت is Basant written in Arabic script. One Arabic interpretation is “one who smiles often.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
بسنت comes from Sanskrit, and ultimately from Middle Hindi.
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How it developed
From Sanskrit वसन्त (vasantá), from Middle Hindi بسنت.
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The story
First recorded c.
بسنت’s family of names
In Urdu usage, بسنت shares an earlier linguistic root with بَہار. In Urdu usage, بسنت can be written in the Roman alphabet as Basant. In Urdu usage, بسنت shares an earlier linguistic root with وَسَنْت.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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