بندھن

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बंधन (baṃdhana).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bən.d̪ʱən/
• Rhymes: -ən
• Hyphenation: بَن‧دَھن

Noun

بَنْدَھن • (bandhan) m (Hindi spelling बंधन)

1. bond (ie. relationship)
2. bondage
3. a cord, rope
4. handcuff
5. bandage
6. a strike (ie. a protest)
7. any binding substance (ie. cement, tar etc.)
8. any binding object that connects or joins two other objects

Declension

Declension of بندھن
	singular	plural
direct	بَنْدَھن (bandhan)	بَنْدَھن (bandhan)
oblique	بَنْدَھن (bandhan)	بَنْدَھنوں (bandhanō̃)
vocative	بَنْدَھن (bandhan)	بَنْدَھنو (bandhanō)

Further reading

• “بندھن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بندھن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بندھن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.