बवंडर
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Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit वातमण्डल (vātamaṇḍala, “whirlwind”) or वायुमण्डल (vāyumaṇḍala, “whirlwind”). In either case, the first part is from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”), thus a cognate with English wind.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]बवंडर • (bavaṇḍar) m (Urdu spelling بونڈر)
Declension
[edit]Declension of बवंडर (masc cons-stem)
References
[edit]- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vātamaṇḍalī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press