बंदिनी

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Hindi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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बंदिनी (bandinīf (masculine बंदी) (formal)

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

Declension

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