भिण्डा

भिण्डा

See also: भिंडी, भिण्डीतक, भिण्ड, भिण्डक, भेण्डी, and भेण्डा

Sanskrit

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱiɳ.ɖɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱiɳ.ɖɑː/

Noun

भिण्डा • (bhiṇḍā) f

1. okra

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of भिण्डा (bhiṇḍā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भिण्डा bhiṇḍā	भिण्डे bhiṇḍe	भिण्डाः bhiṇḍāḥ
Vocative	भिण्डे bhiṇḍe	भिण्डे bhiṇḍe	भिण्डाः bhiṇḍāḥ
Accusative	भिण्डाम् bhiṇḍām	भिण्डे bhiṇḍe	भिण्डाः bhiṇḍāḥ
Instrumental	भिण्डया / भिण्डा¹ bhiṇḍayā / bhiṇḍā¹	भिण्डाभ्याम् bhiṇḍābhyām	भिण्डाभिः bhiṇḍābhiḥ
Dative	भिण्डायै bhiṇḍāyai	भिण्डाभ्याम् bhiṇḍābhyām	भिण्डाभ्यः bhiṇḍābhyaḥ
Ablative	भिण्डायाः bhiṇḍāyāḥ	भिण्डाभ्याम् bhiṇḍābhyām	भिण्डाभ्यः bhiṇḍābhyaḥ
Genitive	भिण्डायाः bhiṇḍāyāḥ	भिण्डयोः bhiṇḍayoḥ	भिण्डानाम् bhiṇḍānām
Locative	भिण्डायाम् bhiṇḍāyām	भिण्डयोः bhiṇḍayoḥ	भिण्डासु bhiṇḍāsu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Khasa Prakrit:
  • Nepali: भिण्डी (bhiṇḍī)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: ভেণ্ডি (bhendi)
  • Bengali: ভেন্ডি (bhenḍi)
  • Maithili:

    Devanagari: भिण्डी (bhiṇḍī)

    Tirhuta: 𑒦𑒱𑒝𑓂𑒛𑒲 (bhiṇḍī)

  • Oriya: ଭେଣ୍ଡି (bheṇḍi)
• Maharastri Prakrit:
  • Konkani:

    Devanagari: भेंडो (bheṇḍo)

    Latin: bhenddo

  • Marathi: भेंडी (bheṇḍī)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Takka Apabhramsa:
    • Punjabi:

      Gurmukhi: ਭਿੰਡੀ (bhiṇḍī)

      Shahmukhi: بھِنڈِی‎ (bhinḍī)

  • Vracada Apabhramsa:
    • Sindhi:

      Arabic: ڀِينڊيِ‎

      Devanagari: भींडी

• Sauraseni Prakrit:
  • Gurjar Apabhramsa:
    • Gujarati: ભીંડો (bhī̃ḍo)
  • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: भिंडी (bhiṇḍī), भिण्डी (bhiṇḍī)

      • → Pashto: بېنډۍ‎
      • → English: bhindi

      Urdu: بِھنڈِی‎

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bhiṇḍā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “भेण्डा,_भेण्डी”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Monier Williams (1899), “भिण्डा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 766, column 1.