बन्द

See also: बन्दी and बिन्दु

Hindi

Adjective

बन्द • (band) (indeclinable)

1. alternative spelling of बंद (band)

Nepali

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-der.

Classical Persian بَنْد (band)bor.

Hindi बंद (band)bor.

Nepali बन्द (banda)

Borrowed from Hindi बंद (band), borrowed from Classical Persian بَنْد (band), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʌn̪d̪ʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: बन्द

Adjective

बन्द • (banda)

1. closed, shut
2. off

Derived terms

• बन्द गर्नु (banda garnu, “to close”)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931), “बन्द”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, page 420