बंध

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बन्ध (bandha). Doublet of बंद (band). Compare Gujarati બંધ (bandh), Telugu బంధము (bandhamu), Khmer ពន្ធ (pŭən).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bənd̪ʱ/, [bə̃n̪d̪ʱ]

Noun

बंध • (bandh) m

closing, tying, fastening; a knot
closure (e.g. of shops)
imprisonment, captivity
a bandh: labour strike
आज कोलकाता का मज़दूर बंध कर रहे हैं।
āj kolkātā kā mazdūr bandh kar rahe ha͠i.
Today labourers in Kolkata are holding a strike.

Synonym: हड़ताल (haṛtāl)
(chemistry) bond
structure, formation

Declension

Declension of बंध (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बंध bandh	बंध bandh
oblique	बंध bandh	बंधों bandhõ
vocative	बंध bandh	बंधो bandho

Related terms

बाँधना (bāndhnā, “to tie, knot”)
बंधन (bandhan, “tying”)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “बंध”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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