بنھنا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀇 (baṃdhaï), from Sanskrit बन्धति (bandhati). Cognate with Hindustani بان٘دْھْنا / बाँधना (bāndhnā), Gujarati બાંધવું (bā̃dhvũ), Marathi बांधणे (bāndhṇe), Sindhi ٻَنڌَڻُ / ॿंधणु, Bengali বন্ধ (bondho), Assamese বন্ধা (bondha), Sylheti ꠛꠣꠘ꠆ꠗꠣ (bandá), Sinhalese බඳිනවා (baⁿdinawā), English bind.

Pronunciation

(Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /bə̃nːə̆˦.ɳäː/

Verb

بَنّھݨا • (bannhṇā) (transitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਬੰਨ੍ਹਣਾ)

to tie, bind, fasten

Further reading

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bannhṇā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 516
“بنھنا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

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