बवंडर

Inherited from Sanskrit वातमण्डल (vātamaṇḍala, “whirlwind”) or वायुमण्डल (vāyumaṇḍala, “whirlwind”). In either case, the first part is from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”), thus a cognate with English wind.

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bə.ʋəɳ.ɖəɾ/, [bɐ.ʋɐ̃ɳ.ɖɐɾ]

बवंडर • (bavaṇḍar) m (Urdu spelling بونڈر)

1. tornado
2. whirlwind
   • 2013, Amitabh Bhattacharya, Pritam, “Kabira”, in Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, performed by Pritam, Rekha Bhardwaj, Tochi Raina:

     मस्त-मौला, मस्त-क़लंदर, तू हवा का एक बवंडर

     mast-maulā, mast-qalandar, tū havā kā ek bavaṇḍar

     Carefree like a Sufi wanderer, you are a whirlwind

3. dust devil

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vātamaṇḍalī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 670