बंदोबस्त

Hindi

Alternative forms

• बंद-ओ-बस्त (band-o-bast)
• बन्द-ओ-बस्त (band-o-bast)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بند و بست (band-u-bast, “tying and binding; arrangement”). Compare Malayalam ബന്തവസ് (bantavasŭ). By surface analysis, बंद (band) +‎ -ओ- (-o-) +‎ बस्त (bast).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bən.d̪oː.bəst̪/, [bɐ̃n̪.d̪oː.bɐst̪]

Noun

बंदोबस्त • (bandobast) m (Urdu spelling بند و بست)

1. arrangement, order, preparation

Declension

Declension of बंदोबस्त (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बंदोबस्त bandobast	बंदोबस्त bandobast
oblique	बंदोबस्त bandobast	बंदोबस्तों bandobastõ
vocative	बंदोबस्त bandobast	बंदोबस्तो bandobasto

Descendants

• → English: bundobust, bandobast

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बंदोबस्त”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बंदोबस्त”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “बंदोबस्त”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “बंदोबस्त”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Hardev Bahri (2013) “बंदोबस्त”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN

• “बंदोबस्त”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.