بندر
Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ban.dar/
Noun
بَنْدَر • (bandar) m (plural بَنَادِر (banādir))
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | بَنْدَر bandar |
الْبَنْدَر al-bandar |
بَنْدَر bandar |
| nominative | بَنْدَرٌ bandarun |
الْبَنْدَرُ al-bandaru |
بَنْدَرُ bandaru |
| accusative | بَنْدَرًا bandaran |
الْبَنْدَرَ al-bandara |
بَنْدَرَ bandara |
| genitive | بَنْدَرٍ bandarin |
الْبَنْدَرِ al-bandari |
بَنْدَرِ bandari |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | بَنْدَرَيْن bandarayn |
الْبَنْدَرَيْن al-bandarayn |
بَنْدَرَيْ bandaray |
| nominative | بَنْدَرَانِ bandarāni |
الْبَنْدَرَانِ al-bandarāni |
بَنْدَرَا bandarā |
| accusative | بَنْدَرَيْنِ bandarayni |
الْبَنْدَرَيْنِ al-bandarayni |
بَنْدَرَيْ bandaray |
| genitive | بَنْدَرَيْنِ bandarayni |
الْبَنْدَرَيْنِ al-bandarayni |
بَنْدَرَيْ bandaray |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | بَنَادِر banādir |
الْبَنَادِر al-banādir |
بَنَادِر banādir |
| nominative | بَنَادِرُ banādiru |
الْبَنَادِرُ al-banādiru |
بَنَادِرُ banādiru |
| accusative | بَنَادِرَ banādira |
الْبَنَادِرَ al-banādira |
بَنَادِرَ banādira |
| genitive | بَنَادِرَ banādira |
الْبَنَادِرِ al-banādiri |
بَنَادِرِ banādiri |
Descendants
- → Swahili: bandari
Proper noun
بَنْدَر • (bandar) m
- a male given name
Ottoman Turkish
Proper noun
بندر • (Bender)
- Bender (Moldavian city)
Declension
This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Pashto
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بَنْدَر (bandar).
Noun
بَنْدَر • (bandar) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بندر (bandar) | بندرونه (bandaruna) |
| oblique | بندر (bandar) | بندرونو (bandaruno) |
| vocative | بندره (bandara) | بندرونو (bandaruno) |
Persian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ban.ˈdaɾ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [bän̪.d̪ǽɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [bæn̪.d̪ǽɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [bän̪.d̪ǽɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | bandar |
| Dari reading? | bandar |
| Iranian reading? | bandar |
| Tajik reading? | bandar |
Audio (Iran): (file)
Noun
| Dari | بندر |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | бандар |
بَنْدَر • (bandar) (plural بنادر (banâder), or بندرها)
Derived terms
- بندری (bandari)
Descendants
Urdu
Etymology
Contracted from Old Hindi बांदर (bāṃdara), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀭 (vāṇara), from Sanskrit वानर (vānara). The -d- is excrescent between -n- and -r-, for which compare پَنْدَرَہ (pandara).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bən.d̪əɾ/
- Rhymes: -əɾ
Noun
بَنْدَر • (bandar) m (Hindi spelling बंदर)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بَنْدَر (bandar) | بَنْدَر (bandar) |
| oblique | بَنْدَر (bandar) | بَنْدَروں (bandarõ) |
| vocative | بَنْدَر (bandar) | بَنْدَرو (bandaro) |
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vānara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further reading
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “بندر”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 275
- Platts, John T. (1884) “بندر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 169
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بندر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 119
- “بندر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- John Shakespear (1834) “بندر”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 280
- “بندر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.