bindi

English
Indian man with bindi on forehead

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hindi बिंदी (bindī).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪndi

Noun

bindi (plural bindis)

  1. The “holy dot” traditionally worn on the forehead of Hindu women.
  1. Synonyms: kumkum, pottu, sindoor, tika, tilak, tilakam
  2. Makeup or jewellery worn in imitation of such a dot.
Translations

Etymology 2

Shortening of bindi-eye.

Noun

bindi (plural bindis)

  1. (Australia) The common lawn weed, Soliva sessilis, introduced to Australia from South America.
  2. (Australia) A seed of this plant, having small sharp spines which stick painfully into bare feet.
  3. (Australia) Any of a number of plants of the genus Calotis which have small burrs with fine barbed awns.
  4. (Australia) Any of a various plants of the genus Sclerolaena.

Esperanto

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbindi/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: bin‧di

Verb

bindi (present bindas, past bindis, future bindos, conditional bindus, volitive bindu)

  1. (transitive) to bind (books)

Conjugation
Conjugation of bindi
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense bindas bindis bindos
active participle bindanta bindantaj bindinta bindintaj bindonta bindontaj
acc. bindantan bindantajn bindintan bindintajn bindontan bindontajn
passive participle bindata bindataj bindita binditaj bindota bindotaj
acc. bindatan bindatajn binditan binditajn bindotan bindotajn
nominal active participle bindanto bindantoj bindinto bindintoj bindonto bindontoj
acc. bindanton bindantojn bindinton bindintojn bindonton bindontojn
nominal passive participle bindato bindatoj bindito binditoj bindoto bindotoj
acc. bindaton bindatojn binditon binditojn bindoton bindotojn
adverbial active participle bindante bindinte bindonte
adverbial passive participle bindate bindite bindote
infinitive bindi imperative bindu conditional bindus

Hausa

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bín.dìː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bɪ́n.dìː]

Noun

bindī̀ m (possessed form bindìn)

  1. tail
    Synonym: wutsiya
  2. (euphemistic) penis
    Synonyms: azzakari, bura, jela, wutsiya

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪntɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪntɪ

Noun

bindi n (genitive singular bindis, nominative plural bindi)

  1. volume, tome
  2. sheaf
  3. bandage
  4. tie, necktie

Declension
declension of bindi
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bindi bindið bindi bindin
accusative bindi bindið bindi bindin
dative bindi bindinu bindum bindunum
genitive bindis bindisins binda bindanna

Derived terms
  • binda (“to bind, to tie”)

Old Norse

Verb

bindi

  1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive active of binda
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