# bandana
## English
### Alternative forms

* bandanna
* bandanno
* bandannoe (obsolete)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बंधन (bandhan, “the act of binding, a bond”), from Sanskrit बध्नाति (badhnāti, “he binds”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, bond”). Related to Hindi बांधना (bāndhnā, “to tie”). Doublet of bind.

### Pronunciation

* (UK, US) IPA: /bænˈdæn.ə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ænə
* Hyphenation: ban‧dan‧a

### Noun

bandana (plural bandanas)
* A large kerchief, usually colourful and used either as headgear or as a handkerchief, neckerchief, bikini, or sweatband.
** 1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Knife, page 123:Neighbours now came hurrying in, and one after another missed some trifling article of property which the deceased was known to have possessed. There were three thin spoons, real silver, on which she greatly prided herself; they were gone. A large silver watch, together with a red silk shawl and a Bandana handkerchief, very regular parts of her Sunday attire, were also not to be found.
* A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed a uniform red or dark colour, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure.

#### Derived terms

* bandanaed
* bandana code
* bandana of the Everglades
* bandana thrash

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: bandana
* → Italian: bandana
* → Japanese: バンダナ (bandana)
* → Polish: bandana
* → Portuguese: bandana
* → Russian: бандана (bandana)

#### Translations
### See also

* bandana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### References

* ↑ 1839, Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From English bandana, borrowed from Hindi बन्धन (bandhan, “he ties”), from Sanskrit बध्नाति (badhnāti, “he binds”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, bond”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /banda.na/
* Hyphenation: banda‧na

### Noun

bandana (plural bandanas)
* bandana

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From English bandana, from Hindi बन्धन (bandhan, “he ties”), from Sanskrit बध्नाति (badhnāti, “he binds”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, bond”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [banˈda.na]
* Hyphenation: ban‧da‧na

### Noun

bandana (plural bandana-bandana)
* bandana

### Further reading

* “bandana” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bandana.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /banˈda.na/
* Rhymes: -ana
* Hyphenation: ban‧dà‧na

### Noun

bandana f (plural bandane)
* bandana

### Further reading

* bandana in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* bandana in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bandana.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /banˈda.na/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ana
* Syllabification: ban‧da‧na

### Noun

bandana f (diminutive bandanka)
* kerchief, bandana

#### Declension
### Further reading

* bandana in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* bandana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Ultimately from Hindi बंधन (bandhan, “the act of binding, a bond”), either via English bandana or French bandana.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /bɐ̃ˈdɐ̃.nɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /bɐ̃ˈdɐ̃.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /bɐ̃ˈdɐ.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /bɐ̃ˈdɐ.nɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /bɐ̃ˈdɐ.nɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /bɐ̃ˈda.nɐ/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nɐ
* Hyphenation: ban‧da‧na

### Noun

bandana f (plural bandanas)
* bandana (piece of cloth worn as headgear)

### References

* ↑ “bandana”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* ↑ “bandana”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* ↑ “bandana”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025