बंध

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बन्ध (bandha). Doublet of बंद (band). Compare Gujarati બંધ (bandh), Telugu బంధము (bandhamu), Khmer ពន្ធ (pŭən).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bənd̪ʱ/, [bɐ̃n̪d̪ʱ]

Noun

बंध • (bandh) m

1. closing, tying, fastening; a knot
2. closure (e.g. of shops)
3. imprisonment, captivity
4. a bandh: labour strike

   Synonym: हड़ताल (haṛtāl)

   आज कोलकाता का मज़दूर बंध कर रहे हैं।

   āj kolkātā kā mazdūr bandh kar rahe ha͠i.

   Today labourers in Kolkata are holding a strike.

5. (chemistry) bond
6. structure, formation

Declension

Declension of बंध (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बंध bandh	बंध bandh
oblique	बंध bandh	बंधों bandhõ
vocative	बंध bandh	बंधो bandho

Related terms

• बाँधना (bāndhnā)
• बंधन (bandhan)

Descendants

• → English: bandh, bundh, bund

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बंध”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press