बन्दी

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit वन्दिन् (vandin)

Noun

बन्दी • (bandī) m (Urdu spelling بندی‎)

  1. prisoner, captive
    आज केवल एक बन्दी कारागार से रिहा हो गया।
    Today only one prisoner was released from jail.
  2. (rare) bard, one who praises or extols

References

  • John T. Platts (accessed 08-20-2012), “A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎
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