फंदा

Hindi

Etymology

From a conflation of Sanskrit बन्ध (bandhá) and स्पाश (spāśa, “noose”). Cognate with Punjabi ਫੰਧ (phandh) / پھندھ (phandh), Gujarati ફાંદો (phā̃do).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pʰən.d̪ɑː/, [pʰɐ̃n̪.d̪äː]

Noun

फंदा • (phandā) m (Urdu spelling پھندا)

noose
फाँसी का फंदा ― phā̃sī kā phandā ― a noose used in hanging
snare, trap, clutches
उसने ख़ूब चालाकी से फंदा डाला है।
usne xūb cālākī se phandā ḍālā hai.
He has cunningly set a trap.
trickery, fraud
Synonyms: धोखा (dhokhā), छल (chal)

Declension

Declension of फंदा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	फंदा phandā	फंदे phande
oblique	फंदे phande	फंदों phandõ
vocative	फंदे phande	फंदो phando

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “फंदा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “spāśa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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