bandana
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hindi बन्धन (bandhan, “the act of binding, a bond”), from Sanskrit बध्नाति (badhnāti, “he binds”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, bond”). Related to Hindi बांधना (bāndhnā, “to tie”). Doublet of bind.
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bandana (plural bandanas)
- A large kerchief, usually colourful and used either as headgear or as a handkerchief, neckerchief, bikini, or sweatband.
- 1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Knife, page 123:
- Neighbours now came hurrying in, and one after another missed some trifling article of property which the deceased was known to have possessed. There were three thin spoons, real silver, on which she greatly prided herself; they were gone. A large silver watch, together with a red silk shawl and a Bandana handkerchief, very regular parts of her Sunday attire, were also not to be found.
- A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed a uniform red or dark colour, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure.[1]
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- → Indonesian: bandana
- → Italian: bandana
- → Japanese: バンダナ (bandana)
- → Polish: bandana
- → Portuguese: bandana
- → Russian: бандана (bandana)
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- ^ 1839, Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines
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Etymology edit
From English bandana, borrowed from Hindi बन्धन (bandhan, “he ties”), from Sanskrit बध्नाति (badhnāti, “he binds”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, bond”).
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bandana (plural bandanas)
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From English bandana, from Hindi बन्धन (bandhan, “he ties”), from Sanskrit बध्नाति (badhnāti, “he binds”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, bond”).
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bandana (first-person possessive bandanaku, second-person possessive bandanamu, third-person possessive bandananya)
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- “bandana” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian edit
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Borrowed from English bandana.
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bandana f (plural bandane)
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from English bandana, from Hindi बन्धन (bandhan, “he ties”), from Sanskrit बध्नाति (badhnāti, “he binds”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, bond”).
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bandana f (diminutive bandanka)
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bandana f (plural bandanas)
- bandana (piece of cloth worn as headgear)