બંદો

Gujarati

Etymology

borrowed from Classical Persian بَنْدَه (banda), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind”). Doublet of બાંધવું (bā̃dhvũ, “to tie”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈbən.d̪o/

Noun

બંદો • (bando) m

1. slave, servant, bondsman (also used to refer to oneself humbly)

   Synonyms: દાસ (dās), સેવક (sevak), નોકર (nokar), ચાકર (cākar), ગુલામ (gulām), ફિદવી (phidvī)

2. worshipper, man of God, devotee

   Synonym: ભક્ત (bhakt)