बंबा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese bomba. Compare Gujarati બંબો (bambo) and Marathi बंब (bamba).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bəm.bɑː/, [bɐ̃m.bäː]

Noun

बंबा • (bambā) m (Urdu spelling بمبہ)

1. pump; water pump
2. channel, narrow river, creek

Declension

Declension of बंबा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बंबा bambā	बंबे bambe
oblique	बंबे bambe	बंबों bambõ
vocative	बंबे bambe	बंबो bambo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बंबा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 691