बंदिनी

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Hindi[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from New Sanskrit बन्दिनी (bandinī); equivalent to बंद (band, closed, imprisoned) +‎ -इनी (-inī).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /bən.d̪ɪ.niː/, [bɐ̃n̪.d̪ɪ.niː]

Noun[edit]

बंदिनी (bandinīf (masculine बंदी) (formal)

  1. a female prisoner or slave
    Synonym: दासी (dāsī)

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