ਬੰਨ੍ਹਣਾ

Punjabi

Punjabi verb set
ਬੰਨ੍ਹਣਾ (bannhṇā)
ਬੰਨ੍ਹਾਉਣਾ (bannhāuṇā)
ਬਨਵ੍ਹਾਉਣਾ (banvhāuṇā)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀇 (baṃdhaï), from Sanskrit बन्धति (bandhati). Cognate with Hindustani بان٘دْھْنا / बाँधना (bāndhnā), Gujarati બાંધવું (bā̃dhvũ), Marathi बांधणे (bāndhṇe), Sindhi ٻَنڌَڻُ / ॿंधणु, Assamese বন্ধা (bondha), Sylheti ꠛꠣꠘ꠆ꠗꠣ (bandá), Sinhalese බඳිනවා (baⁿdinawā), English bind.

Verb

ਬੰਨ੍ਹਣਾ • (bannhṇā) (transitive, Shahmukhi spelling بنّھنا)

1. to tie, bind, fasten

Related terms

• ਬੰਨ੍ਹ m (bannh, “obstruction”)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bannhṇā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 516
• “ਬੰਨ੍ਹਣਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਬੰਨ੍ਹਣਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 94.