බඳිනවා

Sinhalese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰéndʰ-e-ti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰándʰati

Sanskrit बन्ध॑ति (bándhati)

Prakrit 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀇 (baṃdhaï)

Sinhalese බඳිනවා

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀇 (baṃdhaï), from Sanskrit बन्ध॑ति (bándhati), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰándʰati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéndʰ-e-ti, from *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, tie”). Cognate with Hindustani بان٘دْھْنا / बाँधना (bāndhnā), Gujarati બાંધવું (bā̃dhvũ), Marathi बांधणे (bāndhṇe), Punjabi ਬੰਨ੍ਹਣਾ (bannhṇā) / بَنّھݨا (bannhṇā), Sindhi ٻَنڌَڻُ (ḇãdhaṇu) / ॿंधणु, Sylheti ꠛꠣꠘ꠆ꠗꠣ (bandá), Assamese বন্ধা (bondha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ⁿdi.na.ʋaː/, [bə.ⁿdi.nə.waː]
• Hyphenation: බ‧ඳි‧න‧වා

Verb

බඳිනවා • (baⁿdinawā)(transitive)

1. to bind, tie

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bandhati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 516
• Carter, Charles Henry (1924), “බඳිනවා”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC, page 439.