بندی

See also: بندي, تندى, and تندي

Persian

Etymology

From بند (band) +‎ ـی (-i).

Noun

بندی • (bandi) (plural بندی‌ها (bandi-hâ))

1. prisoner

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: बंदी (bandī), बन्दी (bandī)

  Urdu: بندی (bandī)

  • Sanskrit: बन्दिन् (bandin), वन्दिन् (vandin)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਬੰਦੀ (bandī)

  Shahmukhi script: بندی (bndī)

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian بندی (bandī).

Noun

بندی • (bandī) m (Hindi spelling बंदी)

1. prisoner
2. captive
3. slave

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बन्दिन् (bandin)، from earlier वन्दिन् (vandin, “praiser, bard”).

Noun

بندی • (bandī) m (Hindi spelling बंदी)

1. (rare) bard
2. (rare) one who praises or extols

References

• John T. Platts (2012 August 20 (last accessed)) “A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]

Ushojo

Noun

بندی (bandī)

1. quality (plural)