बंदी

See also: बिंदी, बंद, बंदा, बद, बाद, and ब़ा'दी

Hindi

Alternative forms

• बन्दी (bandī)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bən.d̪iː/, [bɐ̃n̪.d̪iː]
• Rhymes: -ənd̪iː

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-der.

Persian بند

Classical Persian بندیbor.

Persian بندیbor.

Sanskrit बन्दिन् (bandin)influ.

Hindi बंदी (bandī)

Borrowed from Classical Persian بندی (bandī, “bound, chained, imprisoned”); influenced by Classical Sanskrit बन्दिन् (bandin), also ultimately from Iranian.

Noun

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

1. prisoner, captive

   बंदी बनाना ― bandī banānā ― to imprison (literally, “to make a prisoner”)

   Synonym: क़ैदी (qaidī)

   आज केवल एक बंदी को कारागार से रिहा किया रहा।

   āj keval ek bandī ko kārāgār se rihā kiyā rahā.

   Today only one prisoner was released from jail.

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

Etymology tree

Hindi बंदा (bandā)

Apabhramsa -इअ (-ia)

Hindi -ई (-ī)

Hindi बंदी (bandī)

बंदा (bandā) +‎ -ई (-ī, feminine suffix).

Noun

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

1. girl, woman

   Synonyms: औरत (aurat), नारी (nārī), स्त्री (strī), महिला (mahilā)

2. (slang) girlfriend

   Synonym: प्रेमिका (premikā)

3. (archaic) a female servant, slave; sometimes used to refer to oneself humbly

   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

Etymology 3

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-der.

Classical Persian بَنْد (band)bor.

Hindi बंद (band)

Classical Persian ـِی (-ī)bor.

Hindi -ई (-ī)

Hindi बंदी (bandī)

From बंद (band, “closed, shut, stopped; captive”) +‎ -ई (-ī, forms abstract nouns from adjectives).

Noun

बंदी • (bandī) f (Urdu spelling بندی)

1. stopping, shutting, closing (as a shop)

   नोटबंदी ― noṭbandī ― demonetization (literally, “stopping of notes”)

2. captivity, prison

   Synonym: कारावास (kārāvās)

   • 2023, Dr. Richa Tiwari, सिंधिया स्थापत्य [sindhiyā sthāpatya], BFC Publications, →ISBN, page 57:

     उसने राजकुमार को बंदियों में रखा।

     usne rājkumār ko bandiyõ mẽ rakhā.

     She kept the prince in prisons.

Declension

Declension of बंदी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बंदी bandī	बंदियाँ bandiyā̃
oblique	बंदी bandī	बंदियों bandiyõ
vocative	बंदी bandī	बंदियो bandiyo

Etymology 4

From बंद (band), from Classical Persian بند (band, “band, fastening”).

Noun

बंदी • (bandī) f (Urdu spelling بندی)

1. (regional) a kind of ornament worn on the forehead

Declension

Declension of बंदी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बंदी bandī	बंदियाँ bandiyā̃
oblique	बंदी bandī	बंदियों bandiyõ
vocative	बंदी bandī	बंदियो bandiyo

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Sanskrit बन्दिन् (bandin), वन्दिन् (vandin, “praiser, bard”), from the root वन्द् (vand).

Noun

बंदी • (bandī) m (Urdu spelling بندی)

1. (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

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बंदी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3331
• Platts, John T. (1884) “बन्दी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 171
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बंदी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 692
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “बंदी”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 431.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “बंदी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 490
• “बंदी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

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 (fem ī-stem)
direct singular	बंदी bandī
direct plural	बंद्या bandyā
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	बंदी bandī		बंद्या bandyā
oblique सामान्यरूप	बंदी bandī		बंद्यां- bandyān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	बंदीला bandīlā		बंद्यांना bandyānnā
ergative	बंदीने, बंदीनं bandīne, bandīna		बंद्यांनी bandyānnī
instrumental	बंदीशी bandīśī		बंद्यांशी bandyānśī
locative सप्तमी	बंदीत bandīt		बंद्यांत bandyāt
vocative संबोधन	बंदी bandī		बंद्यांनो bandyānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of बंदी (fem ī-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	बंदीचा bandīċā	बंदीचे bandīċe	बंदीची bandīcī	बंदीच्या bandīcā	बंदीचे, बंदीचं bandīċe, bandīċa	बंदीची bandīcī	बंदीच्या bandīcā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	बंद्यांचा bandyānċā	बंद्यांचे bandyānċe	बंद्यांची bandyāñcī	बंद्यांच्या bandyāncā	बंद्यांचे, बंद्यांचं bandyānċe, bandyānċa	बंद्यांची bandyāñcī	बंद्यांच्या bandyāñcā
* 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 (1982–1983) “बंदी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies