بنده

See also: بندة and بندہ

Pashto

Etymology

From Persian بنده (bande).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ban.ˈd̪a/

Noun

بنده • (bandá) m

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 [script needed] (bndk' /⁠bandag⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎲𐎭𐎣 (badaka). Compare Sanskrit बन्धक (bandhaka). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ban.ˈda]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bän̪.d̪ǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bän̪.d̪ǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bän̪.d̪ǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bän̪.d̪ǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæn̪.d̪é]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bän̪.d̪ǽ]

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

Noun

Dari	بنده
Iranian Persian
Tajik	банда

بَنْدِه • (bande)

1. servant
2. slave

Synonyms

• غُلام (ğolâm)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: bəndə
• → Bashkir: бәндә (bəndə)
• → Bengali: বান্দা (banda)
• → Chagatai: بنده
  • Uyghur: بەندە (bende)
  • Uzbek: banda
• → Gujarati: બંદો (bando)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: बंदा (bandā)

  Urdu: بَنْدَہ (banda)

• → Kazakh: пенде (pende)
• → Ottoman Turkish: بنده (bende)
  • Turkish: bende
• → Pashto: بنده (banda)
• → Punjabi:
  • → Gurmukhi script: ਬੰਦਾ (bandā)
  • → Shahmukhi script: بَنْدَہ (banda)
• → Turkmen: bende

Pronoun

Dari	بنده
Iranian Persian
Tajik	банда

بَنْدِه • (bande)

1. (humble, dated) I, me

   Synonym: مَن (man)

Usage notes

In humble deference to the addressee.