بندوق

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بَنْدُوق (bandūq), from Arabic بُنْدُق (bunduq, “hazelnut, pebble, bullet, gun”), from Middle Persian pndk' (pondik, “hazelnut”), from Ancient Greek Ποντικόν κάρυον (Pontikón káruon, “Pontic nut”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /bə̃n.d̪uːq/

Noun

بَنْدُوق • (bandūq) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਬੰਦੂਕ਼)

1. gun (ie. a shotgun; rifle as opposed to a pistol)

Declension

Declension of بندوق

	singular	plural
direct	بَنْدُوق (bandūq)	بَنْدُوقاں (bandūqāṉ)
oblique	بَنْدُوق (bandūq)	بَنْدُوقاں (bandūqāṉ)
vocative	بَنْدُوقے (bandūqe)	بَنْدُوقو (bandūqo)
ablative	بَنْدُوقوں (bandūqoṉ)	بَنْدُوقاں (bandūqāṉ)
locative	بَنْدُوقی (bandūqī)	بَنْدُوقِیں (bandūqīṉ)
instrumental	بَنْدُوقِیں (bandūqīṉ)	بَنْدُوقے (bandūqe)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بندوق”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਬੰਦੂਕ਼”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian بَنْدُوق (bandūq), from Arabic بُنْدُق (bunduq, “hazelnut, pebble, bullet, gun”), from Middle Persian pndk' (pondik, “hazelnut”), from Ancient Greek Ποντικόν κάρυον (Pontikón káruon, “Pontic nut”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bən.d̪uːq/, /bən.d̪uːk/

Noun

بَنْدُوق • (bandūq) f (Hindi spelling बंदूक़)

1. gun, rifle

Declension

Declension of بندوق

	singular	plural
direct	بَنْدُوق (bandūq)	بَنْدُوقیں (bandūqẽ)
oblique	بَنْدُوق (bandūq)	بَنْدُوقوں (bandūqõ)
vocative	بَنْدُوق (bandūq)	بَنْدُوقو (bandūqo)

References

• “بندوق”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بندوق”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.