# बंदी
## Hindi
### Alternative forms

* बन्दी (bandī)

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /bən.d̪iː/, [bɐ̃n̪.d̪iː]
* Rhymes: -ənd̪iː

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian بندی (bandī, “bound, chained, imprisoned”); influenced by Classical Sanskrit बन्दिन् (bandin), also ultimately from Iranian.

#### Noun

बंदी • (bandī) m (feminine बंदिनी, Urdu spelling بندی)
* prisoner, captive
    बंदी बनाना ― bandī banānā ― to imprison (literally, “to make a prisoner”)
    Synonym: क़ैदी (qaidī)
    आज केवल एक बंदी को कारागार से रिहा किया रहा।āj keval ek bandī ko kārāgār se rihā kiyā rahā.Today only one prisoner was released from jail.

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

बंदा (bandā) +‎ -ई (-ī, feminine suffix).

#### Noun

बंदी • (bandī) f (masculine बंदा, Urdu spelling بندی)
* girl, woman
    Synonyms: औरत (aurat), नारी (nārī), स्त्री (strī), महिला (mahilā)
* (slang) girlfriend
    Synonym: प्रेमिका (premikā)
* (archaic) a female servant, slave; sometimes used to refer to oneself humbly
    यह बंदी ― yah bandī ― this servant

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

From बंद (band, “closed, shut, stopped; captive”) +‎ -ई (-ī, forms abstract nouns from adjectives).

#### Noun

बंदी • (bandī) f (Urdu spelling بندی)
* stopping, shutting, closing (as a shop)
    नोटबंदी ― noṭbandī ― demonetization (literally, “stopping of notes”)
* captivity, prison
    Synonym: कारावास (kārāvās)
** 2023, Dr. Richa Tiwari, सिंधिया स्थापत्य [sindhiyā sthāpatya], BFC Publications, →ISBN, page 57:उसने राजकुमार को बंदियों में रखा।usne rājkumār ko bandiyõ mẽ rakhā.She kept the prince in prisons.

##### Declension
### Etymology 4

From बंद (band), from Classical Persian بند (band, “band, fastening”).

#### Noun

बंदी • (bandī) f (Urdu spelling بندی)
* (regional) a kind of ornament worn on the forehead

##### Declension
### Etymology 5

Borrowed from Sanskrit बन्दिन् (bandin), वन्दिन् (vandin, “praiser, bard”), from the root वन्द् (vand).

#### Noun

बंदी • (bandī) m (Urdu spelling بندی)
* (rare) bard, one who praises or extols

##### Declension
### References

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बंदी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3331
* Platts, John T. (1884) “बन्दी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 171
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बंदी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 692
* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “बंदी”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 431.
* Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “बंदी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 490
* “बंदी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

## Marathi
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bən.d̪i/, [bən.d̪iː]

### Noun

बंदी • (bandī) f
* ban, prohibition
    दारूबंदीdārūbandīAlcohol ban

#### Derived terms

* बंदी आणणे (bandī āṇṇe, “to ban”)
* बंदी घालणे (bandī ghālṇe, “to ban”)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “बंदी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies