भोंदू
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Hindi[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- भोन्दू (bhondū)
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bhutta (“defective”). Cognate to Bengali ভোঁদা (bhō̃da, “stupid”), Odia ଭୋନ୍ଦଡ଼ (bhondôṛô, “scowling, foolish”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
भोंदू • (bhondū) m (Urdu spelling بهوندو)
- (derogatory) simple (a person)
- stupid, silly
- Synonym: बुद्धू (buddhū)
Declension[edit]
Declension of भोंदू (masc ū-stem)
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- Platts, John Thompson (1884) “भोंदू”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
- “भोंदू”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
References[edit]
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भोंदू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “भोंदू”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “भोंदू”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhutta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press