बंजारा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• बनजारा (banjārā)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀡𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭 (vaṇijjāra, “trader”), from Sanskrit वणिज्या (vaṇijyā́, “trade”) + कार (kāra, “doer”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bən.d͡ʒɑː.ɾɑː/, [bɐ̃n.d͡ʒäː.ɾäː]

Proper noun

बंजारा • (bañjārā) m (Urdu spelling بنجارا)

1. a member of the Banjara or Lambadi people, a nomadic community from northwestern South Asia

   Synonym: लंबाणी (lambāṇī)

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Noun

बंजारा • (bañjārā) m (Urdu spelling بنجارا)

1. a wanderer, traveller; travelling merchant

Declension

Declension of बंजारा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बंजारा bañjārā	बंजारे bañjāre
oblique	बंजारे bañjāre	बंजारों bañjārõ
vocative	बंजारे bañjāre	बंजारो bañjāro

Descendants

• → English: Banjara, bunjara, banjari

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बनजारा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vaṇijyākāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press