A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v3.c19.84

v3.c19.84

Of the second class are बाझાં, बाझूं, बाझों “without,” P. बाझ, बाझों *id.* This rather means “owing to the absence of,” as in the passage quoted by Trumpp, तान सूरिह मान्या सेल्ह देखण बाझों दोस जे “Then they were considered by the hero as thorns in the absence of his friend.” It is probably connected with Skr. √बंध् in the sense of being bound or impeded. विना “without” (Skr. विना), is also common in H. P. B. and O. In M. विना, and G. विना and वना (*winá, waná*).