बंबा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese bomba. Compare Gujarati બંબો (bambo) and Marathi बंब (bamba).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bəm.bɑː/, [bɐ̃m.bäː]

Noun

बंबा • (bambā) m

1. pump; water pump
2. channel, narrow river, creek

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बंबा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 691