भिण्डा

See also: भिंडी, भिण्डीतक, भिण्ड, भिण्डक, भेण्डी, and भेण्डा

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ভিণ্ডা (Assamese script)
ᬪᬶᬡ᭄ᬟᬵ (Balinese script)
ভিণ্ডা (Bengali script)
𑰥𑰰𑰜𑰿𑰚𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀪𑀺𑀡𑁆𑀟𑀸 (Brahmi script)
ဘိဏ္ဍာ (Burmese script)
ભિણ્ડા (Gujarati script)
ਭਿਣ੍ਡਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌭𑌿𑌣𑍍𑌡𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦨꦶꦟ꧀ꦝꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂦𑂱𑂝𑂹𑂙𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ಭಿಣ್ಡಾ (Kannada script)
ភិណ្ឌា (Khmer script)
ຠິຓ຺ຑາ (Lao script)
ഭിണ്ഡാ (Malayalam script)
ᢨᡳᢏᡷᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘥𑘱𑘜𑘿𑘚𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠪᠾᠢᢏᢎᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧅𑧒𑦼𑧠𑦺𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐨𑐶𑐞𑑂𑐜𑐵 (Newa script)
ଭିଣ୍ଡା (Odia script)
ꢩꢶꢠ꣄ꢞꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆨𑆴𑆟𑇀𑆝𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖥𑖰𑖜𑖿𑖚𑖯 (Siddham script)
භිණ‍්ඩා (Sinhalese script)
𑩳𑩑𑩪 𑪙𑩨𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚡𑚮𑚘𑚶𑚖𑚭 (Takri script)
பி⁴ண்ட³ா (Tamil script)
భిణ్డా (Telugu script)
ภิณฺฑา (Thai script)
བྷི་ཎྜཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒦𑒱𑒝𑓂𑒛𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨡𑨁𑨘𑩇𑨖𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian. Compare Tamil வெண்டை (veṇṭai), Malayalam വെണ്ട (veṇṭa).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱiɳ.ɖɑː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱiɳ.ɖɑː/

Noun

भिण्डा • (bhiṇḍā) stem, f

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Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of भिण्डा
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	भिण्डा (bhiṇḍā)	भिण्डे (bhiṇḍe)	भिण्डाः (bhiṇḍāḥ)
accusative	भिण्डाम् (bhiṇḍām)	भिण्डे (bhiṇḍe)	भिण्डाः (bhiṇḍāḥ)
instrumental	भिण्डया (bhiṇḍayā) भिण्डा¹ (bhiṇḍā¹)	भिण्डाभ्याम् (bhiṇḍābhyām)	भिण्डाभिः (bhiṇḍābhiḥ)
dative	भिण्डायै (bhiṇḍāyai)	भिण्डाभ्याम् (bhiṇḍābhyām)	भिण्डाभ्यः (bhiṇḍābhyaḥ)
ablative	भिण्डायाः (bhiṇḍāyāḥ) भिण्डायै² (bhiṇḍāyai²)	भिण्डाभ्याम् (bhiṇḍābhyām)	भिण्डाभ्यः (bhiṇḍābhyaḥ)
genitive	भिण्डायाः (bhiṇḍāyāḥ) भिण्डायै² (bhiṇḍāyai²)	भिण्डयोः (bhiṇḍayoḥ)	भिण्डानाम् (bhiṇḍānām)
locative	भिण्डायाम् (bhiṇḍāyām)	भिण्डयोः (bhiṇḍayoḥ)	भिण्डासु (bhiṇḍāsu)
vocative	भिण्डे (bhiṇḍe)	भिण्डे (bhiṇḍe)	भिण्डाः (bhiṇḍāḥ)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

Khasa Prakrit:
- Nepali: भिण्डी (bhiṇḍī)
Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: ভেণ্ডি (bhendi)
- Bengali: ভেন্ডি (bhenḍi)
- Maithili:
  Devanagari script: भिण्डी (bhiṇḍī)
  
  Tirhuta script: 𑒦𑒱𑒝𑓂𑒛𑒲 (bhiṇḍī)
- Odia: ଭେଣ୍ଡି (bheṇḍi)
Maharastri Prakrit:
- Konkani:
  Devanagari script: भेंडो (bheṇḍo)
  
  Latin script: bhenddo
- Marathi: भेंडी (bheṇḍī)
Paisaci Prakrit:
- Takka Apabhramsa:
  - Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਭਿੰਡੀ (bhiṇḍī)
    
    Shahmukhi script: بھِنڈِی (bhinḍī)
- Vracada Apabhramsa:
  - Sindhi:
    Arabic script: ڀِينڊيِ
    
    Devanagari script: भींडी
Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Gurjara Apabhramsa:
  - Gujarati: ભીંડો (bhī̃ḍo)
- Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
  - Hindustani:
    Hindi: भिंडी (bhiṇḍī), भिण्डी (bhiṇḍī)
    → Pashto: بېنډۍ
    → English: bhindi
    Urdu: بِھنڈِی (bhinḍī)

Further reading

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhiṇḍā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “भेण्डा,_भेण्डी”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
Monier Williams (1899) “भिण्डा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 766, column 1.