بنده

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See also: بندة and بندہ

Pashto

Etymology

From Persian بنده (bande).

Pronunciation

Noun

بنده (bandám

  1. servant
  2. slave

Declension

Declension of بنده
singular plural
direct بنده (banda) بندهګان (bandagān)
oblique بنده (banda) بندهګانو (bandagāno)
vocative بنده (banda) بندهګانو (bandagāno)

Persian

Etymology

    From Middle Persian (bndk' /⁠bandag⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎲𐎭𐎣 (badaka). Compare Sanskrit बन्धक (bandhaka). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (to bind).

    By surface analysis, بند (band, present stem of بستن (bastan, to bind)) +‎ ـه (-e).

    Pronunciation

    Readings
    Classical reading? banda
    Dari reading? banda
    Iranian reading? bande
    Tajik reading? banda

    Noun

    Dari بنده
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik банда

    بَنْدِه (bande)

    1. servant, slave, bondsman
      Synonyms: برده (barde), غُلام (ğolâm), چاکر (čâker), نوکر (nowkar)
      • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 211:
        نمی‌خواهم سلیمی پادشاهی بندهٔ یارم
        که من شاهنشهی از بندگی خویشتن دارم
        na-mē-xwāham salīmī pādišāhī banda-yi yāram
        ki man šāhinšahī az bandagī-yi xwēštan dāram
        I, Selim, do not want the kingdom; I am the beloved's servant,
        For I have an empire out of my own servitude.
        (Classical Persian transliteration)

    Descendants

    Pronoun

    Dari بنده
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik банда

    بَنْدِه (bande)

    1. (humble) I, me
      Synonym: مَن (man)

    Usage notes

    • In humble deference to the addressee.

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