بند

See also: تند‎ and پند‎

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian بند‎ (band).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /band/

Noun

بَنْد • (band) m (plural بُنُود‎ (bunūd))

1. clause, term, article, paragraph (in a legal instrument)
   • 2017 October 24, “الجبير: السعودية تؤيد موقف ترمب من إيران”, in TheBaghdadPost.com‎^[1]:

     ‏.وخالف الرئيس ترمب مواقف قوى كبرى أخرى هذا الشهر برفضه أن يقر رسميا التزام طهران ببنود الاتفاق النووي‎

     President Trump diverged this month from the positions of other major powers by refusing to acknowledge formally the commitment of Teheran to the terms of the nuclear deal.

2. item, unit (legal objects being subject to a certain legal or economical treatment)
3. point, issue (in a verbal exposition)
4. banner, flag, standard

Declension

Declension of noun بَنْد (band)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَنْد band	الْبَنْد‎ al-band	بَنْد band
Nominative	بَنْدٌ bandun	الْبَنْدُ‎ al-bandu	بَنْدُ bandu
Accusative	بَنْدًا‎ bandan	الْبَنْدَ‎ al-banda	بَنْدَ banda
Genitive	بَنْدٍ bandin	الْبَنْدِ‎ al-bandi	بَنْدِ bandi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَنْدَيْن‎ bandayn	الْبَنْدَيْن‎ al-bandayn	بَنْدَيْ‎ banday
Nominative	بَنْدَانِ‎ bandāni	الْبَنْدَانِ‎ al-bandāni	بَنْدَا‎ bandā
Accusative	بَنْدَيْنِ‎ bandayni	الْبَنْدَيْنِ‎ al-bandayni	بَنْدَيْ‎ banday
Genitive	بَنْدَيْنِ‎ bandayni	الْبَنْدَيْنِ‎ al-bandayni	بَنْدَيْ‎ banday
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُنُود‎ bunūd	الْبُنُود‎ al-bunūd	بُنُود‎ bunūd
Nominative	بُنُودٌ‎ bunūdun	الْبُنُودُ‎ al-bunūdu	بُنُودُ‎ bunūdu
Accusative	بُنُودًا‎ bunūdan	الْبُنُودَ‎ al-bunūda	بُنُودَ‎ bunūda
Genitive	بُنُودٍ‎ bunūdin	الْبُنُودِ‎ al-bunūdi	بُنُودِ‎ bunūdi

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Persian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-. Compare Old Armenian բանտ (bant, “prison”), an Iranian borrowing. More at band, bind.

Noun

بند • (band) (plural بندها‎ (band-hâ))

1. band, tie, fastening, ligature, bandage, chain, shackle, fetter
2. lace
3. joint, ligament, knuckle
4. (Dari and elsewhere dialectal) dam, dike
5. (as second element of a compound) maker, causer, compiler, composer, captivator

Inflection

Basic forms of بند (band)
	singular	plural
bare	بند (band)	بند (band-hấ) بندا △ (bandấ)
definitive direct object	بند را (band râ) بند رو △ (bando)	بند (band-hấ râ) بندا رو △ (bandấ ro)
ezâfe	بند (band-e)	بند (band-hấ-ye) بندای △ (bandấ-ye)
marked indefinite or relative definite	بندی (band-i)	بند (band-hấ-i) بندایی △ (bandấi)
△ Colloquial.

Derived terms

• بنده‎ (bande)
• گردن بند‎ (gardan band)

Verb

بند • (band)

1. present stem form of بستن‎

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Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bənd̪/
• Rhymes: -ənd̪

Noun

بَنْد • (band) m (Hindi spelling बंद)

1. dam

References

• “بند”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.