باندر

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वानर (vānara).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /bäːn.d̪əɾᵊ/

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• Rhymes: -əɾ
• Hyphenation: بان‧دَر

Noun

بانْدَر • (bāndar) m (feminine بانْدَری, Gurmukhi spelling ਬਾਂਦਰ)

1. monkey, ape

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “باندر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਬਾਂਦਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vānara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 672