බඳිනවා

Sinhalese

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀇 (baṃdhaï), from Sanskrit बन्धति (bandhati). Cognate with Hindustani بان٘دْھْنا / बाँधना (bāndhnā), Gujarati બાંધવું (bā̃dhvũ), Marathi बांधणे (bāndhṇe), Punjabi ਬੰਨ੍ਹਣਾ (bannhṇā) / بَنّھݨا (bannhṇā), Sindhi ٻَنڌَڻُ / ॿंधणु, Sylheti ꠛꠣꠘ꠆ꠗꠣ (bandá), Assamese বন্ধা (bondha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ⁿdi.na.ʋaː/, [bə.ⁿdi.nə.waː]
• Hyphenation: බ‧ඳි‧න‧වා

Verb

බඳිනවා • (baⁿdinawā) (transitive)

1. to bind, tie

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bandhati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 516
• Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “බඳිනවා”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC, page 439.