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Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀇 (baṃdhaï), from Sanskrit बन्धति (bandhati). Cognate with Hindustani بان٘دْھْنا / बाँधना (bāndhnā), Gujarati બાંધવું (bā̃dhvũ), Marathi बांधणे (bāndhṇe), Sindhi ٻَنڌَڻُ / ॿंधणु, Bengali বন্ধ (bondho), Assamese বন্ধা (bondha), Sylheti ꠛꠣꠘ꠆ꠗꠣ (bandá), Sinhalese බඳිනවා (baⁿdinawā), English bind.
Pronunciation
Verb
بَنّھݨا • (bannhṇā) (transitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਬੰਨ੍ਹਣਾ)
- to tie, bind, fasten
Further reading
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bannhṇā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 516
- “بنھنا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025