फंदा

Hindi

Etymology

From a conflation of Sanskrit बन्ध (bandhá) and स्पाश (spāśa, “noose”). Cognate with Punjabi ਫੰਧ (phandh) / پھندھ‎ (phandh), Gujarati ફાંદો (phā̃do).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pʰən.d̪ɑː/

Noun

फंदा • (phandā) m

noose
फाँसी का फंदा ― phā̃sī kā phandā ― a noose used in hanging
snare, trap, clutches
उसने ख़ूब चालाकी से फंदा डाला है।
usne xūb cālākī se phandā ḍālā hai.
He has cunningly set a trap.
trickery, fraud
Synonyms: धोखा (dhokhā), छल (chal)

Declension

Declension of फंदा
	Singular	Plural
Direct	फंदा (phandā)	फंदे (phande)
Oblique	फंदे (phande)	फंदों (phandõ)
Vocative	फंदे (phande)	फंदो (phando)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “फंदा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “spāśa (13813)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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