भिण्डा

See also: भिंडी, भिण्डीतक, भिण्ड, भिण्डक, भेण्डी, and भेण्डा

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ভিণ্ডা (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬶᬡ᭄ᬟᬵ (Balinese script)
• ভিণ্ডা (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰰𑰜𑰿𑰚𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀺𑀡𑁆𑀟𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဘိဏ္ဍာ (Burmese script)
• ભિણ્ડા (Gujarati script)
• ਭਿਣ੍ਡਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑌿𑌣𑍍𑌡𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦶꦟ꧀ꦝꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂱𑂝𑂹𑂙𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಭಿಣ್ಡಾ (Kannada script)
• ភិណ្ឌា (Khmer script)
• ຠິຓ຺ຑາ (Lao script)
• ഭിണ്ഡാ (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᡳᢏᡷᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘱𑘜𑘿𑘚𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠢᢏᢎᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧒𑦼𑧠𑦺𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐶𑐞𑑂𑐜𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଭିଣ୍ଡା (Odia script)
• ꢩꢶꢠ꣄ꢞꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆴𑆟𑇀𑆝𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖰𑖜𑖿𑖚𑖯 (Siddham script)
• භිණ‍්ඩා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩑𑩪 𑪙𑩨𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚮𑚘𑚶𑚖𑚭 (Takri script)
• பி⁴ண்ட³ா (Tamil script)
• భిణ్డా (Telugu script)
• ภิณฺฑา (Thai script)
• བྷི་ཎྜཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒱𑒝𑓂𑒛𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨁𑨘𑩇𑨖𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian. Compare Tamil வெண்டை (veṇṭai), Malayalam വെണ്ട (veṇṭa).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱiɳ.ɖɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱiɳ.ɖɑː/

Noun

भिण्डा • (bhiṇḍā) stem, f

1. okra

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of भिण्डा (bhiṇḍā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भिण्डा bhiṇḍā	भिण्डे bhiṇḍe	भिण्डाः bhiṇḍāḥ
Vocative	भिण्डे bhiṇḍe	भिण्डे bhiṇḍe	भिण्डाः bhiṇḍāḥ
Accusative	भिण्डाम् bhiṇḍām	भिण्डे bhiṇḍe	भिण्डाः bhiṇḍāḥ
Instrumental	भिण्डया / भिण्डा¹ bhiṇḍayā / bhiṇḍā¹	भिण्डाभ्याम् bhiṇḍābhyām	भिण्डाभिः bhiṇḍābhiḥ
Dative	भिण्डायै bhiṇḍāyai	भिण्डाभ्याम् bhiṇḍābhyām	भिण्डाभ्यः bhiṇḍābhyaḥ
Ablative	भिण्डायाः / भिण्डायै² bhiṇḍāyāḥ / bhiṇḍāyai²	भिण्डाभ्याम् bhiṇḍābhyām	भिण्डाभ्यः bhiṇḍābhyaḥ
Genitive	भिण्डायाः / भिण्डायै² bhiṇḍāyāḥ / bhiṇḍāyai²	भिण्डयोः bhiṇḍayoḥ	भिण्डानाम् bhiṇḍānām
Locative	भिण्डायाम् bhiṇḍāyām	भिण्डयोः bhiṇḍayoḥ	भिण्डासु bhiṇḍāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Khasa Prakrit:
  • Nepali: भिण्डी (bhiṇḍī)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: ভেণ্ডি (bhendi)
  • Bengali: ভেন্ডি (bhenḍi)
  • Maithili:

    Devanagari script: भिण्डी (bhiṇḍī)

    Tirhuta script: 𑒦𑒱𑒝𑓂𑒛𑒲 (bhiṇḍī)

  • Odia: ଭେଣ୍ଡି (bheṇḍi)
• Maharastri Prakrit:
  • Konkani:

    Devanagari script: भेंडो (bheṇḍo)

    Latin script: bhenddo

  • Marathi: भेंडी (bheṇḍī)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Takka Apabhramsa:
    • Punjabi:

      Gurmukhi script: ਭਿੰਡੀ (bhiṇḍī)

      Shahmukhi script: بھِنڈِی (bhinḍī)

  • Vracada Apabhramsa:
    • Sindhi:

      Arabic script: ڀِينڊيِ

      Devanagari script: भींडी

• Sauraseni Prakrit:
  • Gurjara Apabhramsa:
    • Gujarati: ભીંડો (bhī̃ḍo)
  • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: भिंडी (bhiṇḍī), भिण्डी (bhiṇḍī)

      • → Pashto: بېنډۍ
      • → English: bhindi

      Urdu: بِھنڈِی (bhinḍī)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhiṇḍā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “भेण्डा,_भेण्डी”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Monier Williams (1899) “भिण्डा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 766, column 1.