bandana

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See also: bandaną

English

girl wearing a Portugal bandana

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बन्धन (bandhan, “the act of binding, a bond”), from Sanskrit बध्नाति (badhnāti, “he binds”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, bond”). Related to Hindi बांधना (bāndhnā, “to tie”). Doublet of bind.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /bænˈdæn.ə/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ænə
  • Hyphenation: ban‧dan‧a

Noun

bandana (plural bandanas)

  1. A large kerchief, usually colourful and used either as headgear or as a handkerchief, neckerchief, bikini, or sweatband.
    • 1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Knife, page 123:
      Neighbours now came hurrying in, and one after another missed some trifling article of property which the deceased was known to have possessed. There were three thin spoons, real silver, on which she greatly prided herself; they were gone. A large silver watch, together with a red silk shawl and a Bandana handkerchief, very regular parts of her Sunday attire, were also not to be found.
  2. A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed a uniform red or dark colour, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure.

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References

  1. ^ 1839, Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines

Afrikaans

Etymology

From English bandana, borrowed from Hindi बन्धन (bandhan, “he ties”), from Sanskrit बध्नाति (badhnāti, “he binds”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, bond”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /banda.na/
  • Hyphenation: banda‧na

Noun

bandana (plural bandanas)

  1. bandana

Indonesian

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Etymology

From English bandana, from Hindi बन्धन (bandhan, “he ties”), from Sanskrit बध्नाति (badhnāti, “he binds”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, bond”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ban‧da‧na

Noun

bandana (first-person possessive bandanaku, second-person possessive bandanamu, third-person possessive bandananya)

  1. bandana.

Further reading

Italian

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Etymology

Borrowed from English bandana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /banˈda.na/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: ban‧dà‧na

Noun

bandana f (plural bandane)

  1. bandana

Further reading

  • bandana in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • bandana in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from English bandana, from Hindi बन्धन (bandhan, “he ties”), from Sanskrit बध्नाति (badhnāti, “he binds”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, bond”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /banˈda.na/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: ban‧da‧na

Noun

bandana f (diminutive bandanka)

  1. kerchief, bandana

Declension

Declension of bandana
singular plural
nominative bandana bandany
genitive bandany bandan
dative bandanie bandanom
accusative bandanę bandany
instrumental bandaną bandanami
locative bandanie bandanach
vocative bandano bandany

Further reading

  • bandana in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bandana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nɐ
  • Hyphenation: ban‧da‧na

Noun

bandana f (plural bandanas)

  1. bandana (piece of cloth worn as headgear)
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