बंदी

Hindi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /bən.d̪iː/, [bə̃n̪.d̪iː]

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बन्दी (bandī).

Noun

बंदी • (bandī) m (feminine बंदिनी, Urdu spelling بندی‎)

  1. prisoner, captive
    आज केवल एक बंदी कारागार से रिहा हो गया।
    āj keval ek bandī kārāgār se rihā ho gayā.
    Today only one prisoner was released from jail.
    Synonym: क़ैदी (qaidī)
  2. (rare) bard, one who praises or extols
Declension
Declension of बंदी (masc ī-stem)
singular plural
direct बंदी
bandī		 बंदी
bandī
oblique बंदी
bandī		 बंदियों
bandiyõ
vocative बंदी
bandī		 बंदियो
bandiyo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian بندی‎ (bandī).

Noun

बंदी • (bandī) f (masculine बंदा, Urdu spelling بندی‎)

  1. a woman
    Synonyms: औरत (aurat), नारी (nārī), स्त्री (strī), महिला (mahilā)
  2. (archaic) a female servant, slave; used to refer to oneself humbly, e.g. यह बंदी (yah bandī, “this servant”)
Declension
Declension of बंदी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct बंदी
bandī		 बंदियाँ
bandiyā̃
oblique बंदी
bandī		 बंदियों
bandiyõ
vocative बंदी
bandī		 बंदियो
bandiyo

Further reading

Marathi

Etymology

From बंद (banda, “stopped”) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bən.d̪i/, [bən.d̪iː]

Noun

बंदी • (bandī) f

  1. ban, prohibition
    दारूबंदी
    dārūbandī
    Alcohol ban

Declension
Declension of बंदी (bandī)
direct
singular		 बंदी
bandī
direct
plural		 बंद्या
bandyā
singular plural
nominative बंदी
bandī		 बंद्या
bandyā
oblique बंदी-
bandi-		 बंद्यां-
bandyāN-
dative बंदीला
bandilā		 बंद्यांना
bandyāNnā
ergative बंदीने
bandine		 बंद्यांनी
bandyāNni
instrumental बंदीशी
bandiśi		 बंद्यांशी
bandyāNśi
locative बंदीत
bandit		 बंद्यांत
bandyāNt
vocative बंदी
bandi		 बंद्यांनो
bandyāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of बंदी
masculine object feminine object neuter object oblique
singular plural singular plural singular* plural
singular subject बंदीचा
bandiċā		 बंदीचे
bandice		 बंदीची
bandici		 बंदीच्या
bandica		 बंदीचे, बंदीचं
bandice, bandiċa		 बंदीची
bandici		 बंदीच्या
bandica
plural subject बंद्यांचा
bandyāNċā		 बंद्यांचे
bandyāNce		 बंद्यांची
bandyāNci		 बंद्यांच्या
bandyāNca		 बंद्यांचे, बंद्यांचं
bandyāNce, bandyāNċa		 बंद्यांची
bandyāNci		 बंद्यांच्या
bandyāNca
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms
  • बंदी आणणे (bandī āṇṇe, “to ban”)
  • बंदी घालणे (bandī ghālṇe, “to ban”)

References
  • Berntsen, Maxine, “बंदी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
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