بندوق

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Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بَنْدُوق (bandūq), from Arabic بُنْدُق (bunduq, hazelnut, pebble, bullet, gun), from Middle Persian pndk' (pondik, hazelnut), from Ancient Greek Ποντικόν κάρυον (Pontikón káruon, Pontic nut).

Pronunciation

Noun

بَنْدُوق (bandūqf (Gurmukhi spelling ਬੰਦੂਕ਼)

  1. gun (ie. a shotgun; rifle as opposed to a pistol)

Declension

Declension of بندوق
singular plural
direct بَنْدُوق (bandūq) بَنْدُوقاں (bandūqāṉ)
oblique بَنْدُوق (bandūq) بَنْدُوقاں (bandūqāṉ)
vocative بَنْدُوقے (bandūqe) بَنْدُوقو (bandūqo)
ablative بَنْدُوقوں (bandūqoṉ) بَنْدُوقاں (bandūqāṉ)
locative بَنْدُوقی (bandūqī) بَنْدُوقِیں (bandūqīṉ)
instrumental بَنْدُوقِیں (bandūqīṉ) بَنْدُوقے (bandūqe)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بندوق”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਬੰਦੂਕ਼”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian بَنْدُوق (bandūq), from Arabic بُنْدُق (bunduq, hazelnut, pebble, bullet, gun), from Middle Persian pndk' (pondik, hazelnut), from Ancient Greek Ποντικόν κάρυον (Pontikón káruon, Pontic nut).

Pronunciation

Noun

بَنْدُوق (bandūqf (Hindi spelling बंदूक़)

  1. gun, rifle

Declension

Declension of بندوق
singular plural
direct بَنْدُوق (bandūq) بَنْدُوقیں (bandūqẽ)
oblique بَنْدُوق (bandūq) بَنْدُوقوں (bandūqõ)
vocative بَنْدُوق (bandūq) بَنْدُوقو (bandūqo)

References

  • بندوق”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • بندوق”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.