بندہ

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See also: بنده

Punjabi

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-
    Old Persian 𐎲𐎭𐎣 (b-d-k)
    Classical Persian بَنْدَه (banda)bor.
    Punjabi بَنْدَہ (bandah)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian بَنْدَه (banda). By surface analysis, بَنْد (band, “close; confined”) +‎ ـَہ (-ah). Doublet of بَنّھݨا (bannhṇā, “to tie”) and بانھا (bānhā).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    بَنْدَہ • (banda) m (feminine بندی, Gurmukhi spelling ਬੰਦਾ)

    1. human, person
    2. slave, servant
    3. (figuratively) male partner

    Declension

    Declension of بندہ
    dir. sg. بَنْدَہ (bandah)
    dir. pl. بَنْدے (bande)
    singular plural
    direct بَنْدَہ (bandah) بَنْدے (bande)
    oblique بَنْدے (bande) بَنْدیْاں (bandiyāṉ)
    vocative بَنْدیْا (bandiyā) بَنْدیو (bandeyo)
    ablative بَنْدیوں (bandeyoṉ) –
    locative – بَنْدِیں (bandīṉ)
    instrumental بَنْدے (bande) –

    Further reading

    • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بندہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
    • “بندہ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

    Urdu

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-
      Old Persian 𐎲𐎭𐎣 (b-d-k)
      Classical Persian بَنْدَه (banda)bor.
      Urdu بَنْدَہ (banda)

      Borrowed from Classical Persian بَنْدَه (banda). By surface analysis, بَنْد (band, “close; block; confined”) +‎ ـَہ (-a). Doublet of بَانْدْھنَا (bāndhnā, “to tie”). First attested in c. 1649 as Middle Hindi بندہ (banda).[1]

      Sense 5 is a semantic loan from Punjabi بَنْدَہ／ਬੰਦਾ (bandah, “person; man”)

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      بَنْدَہ • (banda) m (feminine بندی, Hindi spelling बंदा)

      1. slave, servant, bondsman
        Synonym: غُلام (ġulām)
      2. worshipper, man of God
      3. human, creature
      4. male partner, man (in a relationship)
      6. (colloquial, especially Punjabic Urdu, Delhiite) person, man
        Synonyms: آدَمِی (ādamī), شَخْص (śaxs)
      7. (formal, polite) servant (used to refer to oneself humbly)

      Declension

      Declension of بندہ
      singular plural
      direct بَنْدَہ (bandah) بَنْدے (bande)
      oblique بَنْدے (bande) بَنْدوں (bandõ)
      vocative بَنْدے (bande) بَنْدو (bando)

      References

      1. ^ “بندہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

      Further reading

      More information
      • “بندہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
      • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بندہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
      • Platts, John T. (1884) “بنده”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 170
      • S. W. Fallon (1879) “بنده”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 276
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