بندھن
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit बंधन (baṃdhana).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bən.d̪ʱən/
- Rhymes: -ən
- Hyphenation: بَن‧دَھن
Noun
بَنْدَھن • (bandhan) m (Hindi spelling बंधन)
- bond (ie. relationship)
- bondage
- a cord, rope
- handcuff
- bandage
- a strike (ie. a protest)
- any binding substance (ie. cement, tar etc.)
- any binding object that connects or joins two other objects
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بَنْدَھن (bandhan) | بَنْدَھن (bandhan) |
| oblique | بَنْدَھن (bandhan) | بَنْدَھنوں (bandhanõ) |
| vocative | بَنْدَھن (bandhan) | بَنْدَھنو (bandhano) |
Further reading
- “بندھن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “بندھن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بندھن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.