بھانڈا
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Punjabi بھانڈا (bhānḍā), itself from Prakrit 𑀪𑀁𑀟 (bhaṃḍa), ultimately from Sanskrit भाण्ड (bhāṇḍa). Cognate with Saraiki بھانڈَہ (bhānḍah), Hindi भंडा (bhaṇḍā) / भाँड़ (bhā̃ṛ) and Marathi भांडे (bhāṇḍe).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: pā̀ṇḍā IPA(key): /päː˨ɳ.ɖäː/
- Rhymes: -äː
- Hyphenation: بھاݨ‧ڈا
- Homophone: پانڈا (pānḍā) (level tone)
Noun
بھانڈا • (bhānḍā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਾਂਡਾ)
- dinnerware, crockery, utensil; any vessel used for eating;
- cellar, store
- an unreasonable or wicked person.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بھانڈا (bhānḍā) | بھانڈے (bhānḍe) |
| oblique | بھانڈے (bhānḍe) | بھانڈیْاں (bhānḍiyāṉ) |
| vocative | بھانڈیْا (bhānḍiyā) | بھانڈیو (bhānḍeyo) |
| ablative | بھانڈیوں (bhānḍeyoṉ) | بھانڈیْاں (bhānḍiyāṉ) |
| locative | – | بھانڈِیں (bhānḍīṉ) |
| instrumental | بھانڈے (bhānḍe) | – |
References
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بھانڈا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “بھانڈا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhāṇḍa1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press