बंदी

• बन्दी (bandī)

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bən.d̪iː/,
• Rhymes: -ənd̪iː

Borrowed from Classical Persian بندی (bandī, “bound, chained, imprisoned”); influenced by Classical Sanskrit बन्दिन् (bandin), also ultimately from Iranian.

बंदी • (bandī) m (feminine बंदिनी, Urdu spelling بندی)

1. prisoner, captive

   बंदी बनाना ― bandī banānā ― to imprison (literally, “to make a prisoner”)

   Synonym: क़ैदी (qaidī)

   आज केवल एक बंदी को कारागार से रिहा किया रहा।

   āj keval ek bandī ko kārāgār se rihā kiyā rahā.

   Today only one prisoner was released from jail.

बंदा (bandā) +‎ -ई (-ī, feminine suffix).

बंदी • (bandī) f (masculine बंदा, Urdu spelling بندی)

1. girl, woman

   Synonyms: औरत (aurat), नारी (nārī), स्त्री (strī), महिला (mahilā)

2. (slang) girlfriend

   Synonym: प्रेमिका (premikā)

3. (archaic) a female servant, slave; sometimes used to refer to oneself humbly

   यह बंदी ― yah bandī ― this servant

From बंद (band, “closed, shut, stopped; captive”) +‎ -ई (-ī, forms abstract nouns from adjectives).

बंदी • (bandī) f (Urdu spelling بندی)

1. stopping, shutting, closing (as a shop)

   नोटबंदी ― noṭbandī ― demonetization (literally, “stopping of notes”)

2. captivity, prison

   Synonym: कारावास (kārāvās)

   • 2023, Dr. Richa Tiwari, सिंधिया स्थापत्य [sindhiyā sthāpatya], BFC Publications, →ISBN, page 57:

     उसने राजकुमार को बंदियों में रखा।

     usne rājkumār ko bandiyõ mẽ rakhā.

     She kept the prince in prisons.

From बंद (band), from Classical Persian بند (band, “band, fastening”).

बंदी • (bandī) f (Urdu spelling بندی)

1. (regional) a kind of ornament worn on the forehead

Borrowed from Sanskrit बन्दिन् (bandin), वन्दिन् (vandin, “praiser, bard”), from the root वन्द् (vand).

बंदी • (bandī) m (Urdu spelling بندی)

1. (rare) bard, one who praises or extols

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बंदी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3331
• Platts, John T. (1884) “बन्दी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 171
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बंदी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 692
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “बंदी”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 431.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “बंदी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 490
• “बंदी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

From बंद (banda, “stopped”) +‎ -ई (-ī).

• IPA^(key): /bən.d̪i/,

बंदी • (bandī) f

1. ban, prohibition

   दारूबंदी

   dārūbandī

   Alcohol ban

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “बंदी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies