Source: https://jugti.com/kosh/words/bechaini/ ਬ [Kosh](https://jugti.com/kosh/)/[Words](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/)/Noun Word # ਬੇਚੈਨੀ bechaini Say it**BEH-chai-nee**Type**Noun** In short Bechaini (ਬੇਚੈਨੀ) is the Punjabi word for restlessness, uneasiness and anxiety, the unsettled state in which a person finds no rest. It is built on chain (ਚੈਨ), rest and ease, with be- meaning without, so bechaini is life without chain. Dictionaries gloss it as uneasiness, restlessness and anxiety. ## How it's used 1. 1ਨਤੀਜੇ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਸਾਰੀ ਰਾਤ ਬੇਚੈਨੀ ਰਹੀ।Before the result, she felt bechaini all night. _waiting for news_ 2. 2ਮਾਂ ਬੇਚੈਨੀ ਨਾਲ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਦੇ ਫੋਨ ਦੀ ਉਡੀਕ ਕਰ ਰਹੀ ਸੀ।Mother waited with bechaini for her son's phone call. _bechaini se, anxiously_ 3. 3ਬੇਚੈਨੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਹ ਵਾਰ ਵਾਰ ਬਾਹਰ ਵੇਖਦਾ ਰਿਹਾ।In his bechaini, he kept looking outside again and again. _restless watching_ Show 1 more example 1. 4ਚਾਹ ਪੀ ਕੇ ਉਸ ਦੀ ਬੇਚੈਨੀ ਕੁਝ ਘਟ ਗਈ।After drinking tea, his bechaini eased a little. _the feeling lifting_ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਰਥ ਬੇਚੈਨੀ ਮਨ ਦੀ ਬੇਆਰਾਮੀ ਅਤੇ ਘਬਰਾਹਟ ਨੂੰ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ। ਜਦੋਂ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਤੇ ਚੈਨ ਨਾ ਮਿਲੇ, ਨੀਂਦ ਨਾ ਆਵੇ ਅਤੇ ਮਨ ਵਾਰ ਵਾਰ ਇੱਕੋ ਗੱਲ ਵੱਲ ਜਾਵੇ, ਤਾਂ ਉਸ ਹਾਲਤ ਨੂੰ ਬੇਚੈਨੀ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ। ਇਹ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਚੈਨ ਤੋਂ ਬਣਿਆ ਹੈ। ਚੈਨ ਦਾ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ ਆਰਾਮ ਅਤੇ ਸੁਖ, ਅਤੇ ਬੇ ਦਾ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ ਬਿਨਾਂ, ਇਸ ਲਈ ਬੇਚੈਨੀ ਦਾ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ ਚੈਨ ਤੋਂ ਬਿਨਾਂ ਦੀ ਹਾਲਤ। What does bechaini mean in Punjabi? Bechaini (ਬੇਚੈਨੀ) means restlessness, uneasiness and anxiety: the unsettled state in which the mind will not rest and the body cannot settle. Rekhta Dictionary glosses the word simply as uneasiness and restlessness, and Punjabi dictionaries give ਬੇਚੈਨੀ as the standard word for uneasiness. ## What does bechaini mean in Punjabi? Bechaini is the feeling of the night before a result, of waiting for a phone call that does not come, of sitting in one place while the mind keeps walking somewhere else. The person in that state is bechain (ਬੇਚੈਨ), restless, and bechaini is the state itself. Rekhta also records the phrase bechaini se, with restlessness, with unease, anxiously, which is how the word does its everyday work: kam bechaini naal kita gaya, the work was done anxiously, tells you the feeling rode along with the action. ## Where does the word bechaini come from? The word is built in plain sight on chain (ਚੈਨ), which means rest, ease and peace of mind. The prefix be- means without, and the ending -i turns the pair into the name of a state, so bechaini is, piece by piece, the state of being without rest. The link is not a guess: Rekhta's own gloss for chain calls it the opposite of bechaini, and the Punjabi pronunciation of ਬੇਚੈਨੀ is given as bechaini, with the chain inside it easy to hear. ## What is the opposite of bechaini? Its opposite is chain itself: rest, ease and peace of mind. Where bechaini keeps a person turning in bed, chain is the moment the turning stops. Dictionaries of uneasiness give the same family of opposites in English: ease, peace, comfort and calmness. In wider Punjabi speech, shanti (ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ), peace, and sukh (ਸੁਖ), ease and happiness, stand on the same calm side, while bechaini stands alone on the restless side, waiting for news, sleep or relief to arrive. ## Related words [ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀShantipeace, calm; inner quiet, absence of disturbance](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/shanti/)[ਸੁੱਖsukhPeace, comfort and happiness](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/sukh/)[ਗੁੱਸਾgussaAnger; rage](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/gussa/)[ਚੈਨchainRest, ease and peace of mind: comfort, relief and calm](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/chain/) Sources (3) 1. [Rekhta Dictionary: bechainii means uneasiness and restlessness, also anxiety; bechainii se means with restlessness, with unease, anxiously](https://www.rekhtadictionary.com/meaning-of-bechainii) 2. [Khandbahale: Uneasiness in Punjabi is ਬੇਚੈਨੀ, pronounced bechaini; synonyms include anxiety, discomfort and restlessness, antonyms ease, peace, comfort and calmness](https://www.khandbahale.com/language/punjabi-dictionary-translation-meaning-of-Uneasiness) 3. [Rekhta Dictionary: chain means comfort, ease, relief, rest and peace, and its Urdu gloss calls chain the opposite of bechaini](https://www.rekhtadictionary.com/meaning-of-chain) [Report a correction](https://jugti.com/corrections/) **Jugti is free and independent.** Reader support keeps the Kosh growing. 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