bindi

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English

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Indian man with bindi on forehead

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Hindi बिंदी (bindī).

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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bindi (plural bindis)

  1. The “holy dot” traditionally worn on the forehead of Hindu women.
    Synonyms: kumkum, pottu, sindoor, tika, tilak, tilakam
    • 2005 November 14, Anita Sethi, “The curse of being labelled the 'new Zadie'”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
      Actually… a six-figure advance? What the hell, dudes, I'm donning a sari and bindi and penning a novel called, let's see, how about Manchesterstani? My old desi m8s the rude girls of Moss Side have never before been captured in fiction. Int dat da truth, rude girls?
  2. Makeup or jewellery worn in imitation of such a dot.
Translations
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Etymology 2

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Shortening of bindi-eye.

Noun

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bindi (plural bindis)

  1. (Australia) The common lawn weed, Soliva sessilis, introduced to Australia from South America.
  2. (Australia) A seed of this plant, having small sharp spines which stick painfully into bare feet.
  3. (Australia) Any of a number of plants of the genus Calotis which have small burrs with fine barbed awns.
  4. (Australia) Any of a various plants of the genus Sclerolaena.

Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbindi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: bin‧di

Verb

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bindi (present bindas, past bindis, future bindos, conditional bindus, volitive bindu)

  1. (transitive) to bind (books)

Conjugation

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Hausa

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bín.dìː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bɪ́n.dìː]

Noun

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bindī̀ m (possessed form bindìn)

  1. tail
    Synonym: wutsiya
  2. (euphemistic) penis
    Synonyms: azzakari, bura, jela, wutsiya

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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bindi n (genitive singular bindis, nominative plural bindi)

  1. volume, tome
  2. sheaf
  3. bandage
  4. tie, necktie

Declension

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    Declension of bindi
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bindi bindið bindi bindin
accusative bindi bindið bindi bindin
dative bindi bindinu bindum bindunum
genitive bindis bindisins binda bindanna

Derived terms

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  • binda (to bind, to tie)

Old Norse

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Verb

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bindi

  1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive active of binda