બંધાણી
Gujarati
Etymology
From બંધાણ (bandhāṇ, “bandage, string, addiction”) + -ઈ (-ī, “having a property or quality”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈbən.d̪ʱɑ.ɳi/
- Hyphenation: બં‧ધા‧ણી
- Rhymes: -i
Noun
બંધાણી • (bandhāṇī) m[1][2][3]
- addict (of a substance)
- Synonym: વ્યસની (vyasanī)
- 1950, “તારી આંખનો અફીણી [tārī ā̃khno aphīṇī]”, in Venibhai Purohit (lyrics), Divadandi:
- તારી આંખનો અફીણી, તારા બોલનો બંધાણી
તારા રૂપની પૂનમનો પાગલ એકલો- tārī ā̃khno aphīṇī, tārā bolno bandhāṇī
tārā rūpnī pūnamno pāgal eklo - I am drugged by your eyes, an addict of your words;
I am the only one who is mad for the full moon of your beauty.
- tārī ā̃khno aphīṇī, tārā bolno bandhāṇī
References
More information
- ^ “બંધાણી”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
- ^ “બંધાણી”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
- ^ “બંધાણી”, in રેખ્તા ગુજરાતી શબ્દકોશ (rekhtā gujrātī śabdakoś) (in Gujarati), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.