بهانهnounfeminine
excuse, pretext, cause, trick
Meanings
- excuse, pretext
- pretext, cause; excuse; trick
- excuse, pretence
- pretense
- excuse
- pretence
- pretext
- Pretence, evasion, contrivance, excuse, pretext, feint, verb trans. To make a pretext, evasion, excuse, etc
Pashto definitions
- بانه، حيله، پلمه، چل، عذر
- پلمه، بانه، حيله، چل، عذر: درد و آه وکاږم بهانه د تماکو کړم - سوی لوغړن مدام به نار يم ستا د مخ (ر. ب.)
- پلمه، بانه، حيله، چل، عذر
Examples
بهانه کول
to look for an excuse
بهانه نيول
to look for an excuse
Translations (5)
- English
- unpretending · mellifluous · plea · pretension
- German
- Vorwand f. · Vorwand (die)
- French
- cf. بانه. · prétexte · excuse
- Dutch
- smoes
- Norwegian
- påskudd
Etymology: Persian