बूंद

Hindi

Etymology

From a variant of Sanskrit बिन्दु (bindú).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /buːnd̪/, [bũːn̪d̪]

Noun

बूंद • (būnd) f

1. droplet, drop (especially of water)

   Synonym: क़तरा (qatrā)

Declension

Declension of बूंद (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बूंद būnd	बूंदें būndẽ
oblique	बूंद būnd	बूंदों būndõ
vocative	बूंद būnd	बूंदो būndo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बूंद”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bindú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press