बंदी

Hindi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /bən.d̪iː/, [bɐ̃n̪.d̪iː]

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बन्दिन् (bandin), a variation of earlier वन्दिन् (vandin, “praiser, bard”), from the root वन्द् (vand).

Noun

बंदी • (bandī) m (Urdu spelling بندی)

  1. (rare) bard, one who praises or extols

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian بندی (bandī, “bound, chained, imprisoned”), derived from بند (band, “a band, tie, chain”) +‎ ی (-ī, adjectival suffix), with the suffix coming from Middle Persian 𐭩𐭪𐭩 (yky /⁠-īg⁠/) and possibly influenced by Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy, nisba suffix).

Noun

बंदी • (bandī) m (feminine बंदिनी, Urdu spelling بندی)

  1. prisoner, captive
    Synonym: क़ैदी (qaidī)
    आज केवल एक बंदी कारागार से रिहा हो गया।
    āj keval ek bandī kārāgār se rihā ho gayā.
    Today only one prisoner was released from jail.
Declension
Declension of बंदी (masc ī-stem)
singular plural
direct बंदी
bandī		 बंदी
bandī
oblique बंदी
bandī		 बंदियों
bandiyõ
vocative बंदी
bandī		 बंदियो
bandiyo
Descendants
  • → Sanskrit: बन्दिन् (bandin, “prisoner”)

Etymology 3

बंदा (bandā) +‎ -ई (-ī, feminine suffix), with the masculine borrowed from Classical Persian بنده (banda, “servant, slave”).

Noun

बंदी • (bandī) f (masculine बंदा, Urdu spelling بندی)

  1. a woman
    Synonyms: औरत (aurat), नारी (nārī), स्त्री (strī), महिला (mahilā)
  2. (archaic) a female servant, slave; used to refer to oneself humbly, e.g. यह बंदी (yah bandī, “this servant”)
Declension
Declension of बंदी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct बंदी
bandī		 बंदियाँ
bandiyā̃
oblique बंदी
bandī		 बंदियों
bandiyõ
vocative बंदी
bandī		 बंदियो
bandiyo

Etymology 4

बंद (band, “closed, shut”) +‎ -ई (-ī, forms abstract nouns from adjectives). The suffix comes from Classical Persian ـی (-ī), from Middle Persian 𐭩𐭧 (yḥ /⁠-īh⁠/).

Noun

बंदी • (bandī) f (Urdu spelling بندی)

  1. shutting, closing (as a shop)

Etymology 5

Derived from बंद (band) (itself from Classical Persian بند (band)), in the sense of "something bound/fastened (to the forehead)"?

Noun

बंदी • (bandī) f (Urdu spelling بندی)

  1. (regional) a kind of ornament worn on the forehead

Further reading

Marathi

Etymology

From बंद (banda, “stopped”) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bən.d̪i/, [bən.d̪iː]

Noun

बंदी • (bandī) f

  1. ban, prohibition
    दारूबंदी
    dārūbandī
    Alcohol ban

Declension
Declension of बंदी (fem ī-stem)
direct
singular		 बंदी
bandī
direct
plural		 बंद्या
bandyā
singular
एकवचन		 plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा		 बंदी
bandī		 बंद्या
bandyā
oblique
सामान्यरूप		 बंदी
bandī		 बंद्यां-
bandyān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी		 बंदीला
bandīlā		 बंद्यांना
bandyānnā
ergative बंदीने, बंदीनं
bandīne, bandīna		 बंद्यांनी
bandyānnī
instrumental बंदीशी
bandīśī		 बंद्यांशी
bandyānśī
locative
सप्तमी		 बंदीत
bandīt		 बंद्यांत
bandyāt
vocative
संबोधन		 बंदी
bandī		 बंद्यांनो
bandyānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of बंदी (fem ī-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म		 feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		 neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		 oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन		 plural
अनेकवचन		 singular
एकवचन		 plural
अनेकवचन		 singular*
एकवचन		 plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता		 बंदीचा
bandīċā		 बंदीचे
bandīċe		 बंदीची
bandīcī		 बंदीच्या
bandīcā		 बंदीचे, बंदीचं
bandīċe, bandīċa		 बंदीची
bandīcī		 बंदीच्या
bandīcā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता		 बंद्यांचा
bandyānċā		 बंद्यांचे
bandyānċe		 बंद्यांची
bandyāñcī		 बंद्यांच्या
bandyāncā		 बंद्यांचे, बंद्यांचं
bandyānċe, bandyānċa		 बंद्यांची
bandyāñcī		 बंद्यांच्या
bandyāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms
  • बंदी आणणे (bandī āṇṇe, “to ban”)
  • बंदी घालणे (bandī ghālṇe, “to ban”)

References
  • Berntsen, Maxine, “बंदी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
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