बवंडर

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वातमण्डल (vātamaṇḍala, “whirlwind”) or वायुमण्डल (vāyumaṇḍala, “whirlwind”). In either case, the first part is from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”), thus a cognate with English wind.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bə.ʋəɳ.ɖəɾ/, [bɐ.ʋɐ̃ɳ.ɖɐɾ]

Noun

बवंडर • (bavaṇḍar) m (Urdu spelling بونڈر)

1. tornado
2. whirlwind
3. dust devil

Declension

Declension of बवंडर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बवंडर bavaṇḍar	बवंडर bavaṇḍar
oblique	बवंडर bavaṇḍar	बवंडरों bavaṇḍarõ
vocative	बवंडर bavaṇḍar	बवंडरो bavaṇḍaro

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vātamaṇḍalī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press