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bandish

bandish verb: to tie something.

Verb

bandish (third-person singular simple present bandishes, present participle bandishing, simple past and past participle bandished)

  1. To tie something.

Noun

bandish (plural bandishes)

  1. A composition in Hindustani classical music.

Forms of bandish

Verb
third-person singular presentbandishes
present participlebandishing
past participlebandished
pastbandished
Noun
pluralbandishes

Origin of bandish

Borrowed from Hindi बंदिश (bandiś, “binding”) from Classical Persian بندش (bandiš, “binding”).

Words that rhyme with bandish

Questions about bandish

What does bandish mean?
Bandish means to tie something.
What part of speech is bandish?
Bandish can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of bandish?
The past tense of bandish is bandished.

Words near bandish in the dictionary

  1. banding together
  2. bandings
  3. bandini
  4. bandinis
  5. Bandis
  6. bandish
  7. bandished
  8. bandishes
  9. bandishing
  10. bandit
  11. bandited

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