बंब

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese bomba, from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (“a booming sound”), from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos, “booming, humming, buzzing”). Compare Hindi बंबा (bambā) and Gujarati બંબો (bambo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəm.bə/

Noun

बंब • (bamba) m

1. pump, water heater
2. (by extension) fire engine

   दुकानाला आग लागली आणि मग बंब आले.

   dukānālā āg lāglī āṇi mag bamba āle.

   The store caught fire and then the fire engines came.

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “बंब”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “बंब”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press