बन्धु

Pali

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बन्धु m

Declension table of "बन्धु" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	बन्धु (bandhu)	बन्धवो (bandhavo) or बन्धू (bandhū)
Accusative (second)	बन्धुं (bandhuṃ)	बन्धवो (bandhavo) or बन्धू (bandhū)
Instrumental (third)	बन्धुना (bandhunā)	बन्धूहि (bandhūhi) or बन्धूभि (bandhūbhi)
Dative (fourth)	बन्धुस्स (bandhussa) or बन्धुनो (bandhuno)	बन्धूनं (bandhūnaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	बन्धुस्मा (bandhusmā) or बन्धुम्हा (bandhumhā)	बन्धूहि (bandhūhi) or बन्धूभि (bandhūbhi)
Genitive (sixth)	बन्धुस्स (bandhussa) or बन्धुनो (bandhuno)	बन्धूनं (bandhūnaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	बन्धुस्मिं (bandhusmiṃ) or बन्धुम्हि (bandhumhi)	बन्धूसु (bandhūsu)
Vocative (calling)	बन्धु (bandhu)	बन्धवे (bandhave) or बन्धवो (bandhavo)

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From the root बन्ध् (bandh), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, tie”). Cognate to Ancient Greek πενθερός (pentherós).

बन्धु • (bándhu) stem, m

connection, relation, association, bond
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.154.5:
  तद॑स्य प्रि॒यम॒भि पाथो॑ अश्यां॒ नरो॒ यत्र॑ देव॒यवो॒ मद॑न्ति।
  उ॒रु॒क्र॒मस्य॒ स हि बन्धु॑र्इ॒त्था विष्णो॑: प॒दे प॑र॒मे मध्व॒ उत्स॑:॥
  tádasya priyámabhí pā́tho aśyāṃ náro yátra devayávo mádanti.
  urukramásya sá hí bándhuritthā́ víṣṇo: padé paramé mádhva útsa:.
  Might I reach that dear cattle-pen of his, where men seeking the gods find elation, for exactly that is the bond to the wide-striding one: the wellspring of mead in the highest step of Viṣṇu.
kinship, kindred
a kinsman, relative, kindred
(law) a cognate kinsman in a remote degree, one subsequent in right of inheritance to the सगोत्र

Masculine u-stem declension of बन्धु (bándhu)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	बन्धुः bándhuḥ	बन्धू bándhū	बन्धवः bándhavaḥ
Vocative	बन्धो bándho	बन्धू bándhū	बन्धवः bándhavaḥ
Accusative	बन्धुम् bándhum	बन्धू bándhū	बन्धून् bándhūn
Instrumental	बन्धुना / बन्ध्वा¹ bándhunā / bándhvā¹	बन्धुभ्याम् bándhubhyām	बन्धुभिः bándhubhiḥ
Dative	बन्धवे bándhave	बन्धुभ्याम् bándhubhyām	बन्धुभ्यः bándhubhyaḥ
Ablative	बन्धोः bándhoḥ	बन्धुभ्याम् bándhubhyām	बन्धुभ्यः bándhubhyaḥ
Genitive	बन्धोः bándhoḥ	बन्ध्वोः bándhvoḥ	बन्धूनाम् bándhūnām
Locative	बन्धौ bándhau	बन्ध्वोः bándhvoḥ	बन्धुषु bándhuṣu
Notes	¹Vedic