बंदीगृह

Hindi

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-der.

Persian بند

Classical Persian بندیbor.

Persian بندیbor.

Sanskrit बन्दिन् (bandin)influ.

Hindi बंदी (bandī)

Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-der.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás

Sanskrit गृह (gṛha)lbor.

Hindi गृह (gŕh)

Hindi बंदीगृह (bandīgŕh)

Sanskritic tatpuruṣa compound of बंदी (bandī) +‎ गृह (gŕh).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bən.d̪iːɡ.ɾiːɦ/, [bɐ̃n̪.d̪iːɡ.ɾiːʱ]

Noun

बंदीगृह • (bandīgŕh) m

1. prison, jail

   Synonyms: कारागार (kārāgār), बंदीघर (bandīghar), क़ैदख़ाना (qaidxānā)

Declension

Declension of बंदीगृह (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बंदीगृह bandīgŕh	बंदीगृह bandīgŕh
oblique	बंदीगृह bandīgŕh	बंदीगृहों bandīgŕhõ
vocative	बंदीगृह bandīgŕh	बंदीगृहो bandīgŕho

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बंदी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 692