బండి
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Telugu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Perhaps from Prakrit 𑀪𑀡𑁆𑀟𑀻 (bhaṇḍī), from Sanskrit भाण्ड (bhāṇḍa).[1] Cognate with Kannada ಬಂಡಿ (baṇḍi), Tamil வண்டி (vaṇṭi), Malayalam വണ്ടി (vaṇṭi).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
బండి • (baṇḍi) n (plural బంళ్ళు)
Derived terms[edit]
- ఎద్దులబండి (eddulabaṇḍi, “bullock cart”)
- గూడుబండి (gūḍubaṇḍi, “covered cart”)
- రైలుబండి (railubaṇḍi, “railway carriage”)
References[edit]
- "బండి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 864
- ^ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 9.