बंध

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बन्ध (bandha). Doublet of बंद (band). Compare Gujarati બંધ (bandh), Telugu బంధము (bandhamu), Khmer ពន្ធ (pŭən).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bənd̪ʱ/, [bɐ̃n̪d̪ʱ]

Noun

बंध • (bandh) m

closing, tying, fastening; a knot
closure (e.g. of shops)
imprisonment, captivity
a bandh: labour strike
Synonym: हड़ताल (haṛtāl)

आज कोलकाता का मज़दूर बंध कर रहे हैं।
āj kolkātā kā mazdūr bandh kar rahe ha͠i.
Today labourers in Kolkata are holding a strike.
(chemistry) bond
structure, formation

Declension

Declension of बंध (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बंध bandh	बंध bandh
oblique	बंध bandh	बंधों bandhõ
vocative	बंध bandh	बंधो bandho

Related terms

बाँधना (bāndhnā)
बंधन (bandhan)

Descendants

→ English: bandh, bundh, bund

References

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

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